The ruling on Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majah narrating weak hadith
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the hadithSunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam), you said that there is a discussion about it. How can there be a discussion about it? Imam Ahmad, who is one of the hadith scholars, narrated it, and so did Ibn Majah. I hope you will clarify this?
Answer:
The authors of the Sunan collections did not commit to including only authentic hadith in their books. They did not adhere to this standard, unlike al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and Ibn Hibban. They did not adhere to it; rather, they include authentic, good, and weak hadith in their books. However, they do not include fabricated hadith. They mention the chain of narration from beginning to end, so people know the chain and the narrators in it. They know its ruling from the context of the chain. It may be weak even if Imam Ahmad narrated it. It may be weak even if Imam Ahmad narrated it, or even if Ibn Malik narrated it.
Because those other than the authors of the authentic collections did not commit to narrating only authentic hadith. Rather, they write them by mentioning the chain, and the scholars know the chain of this hadith and whether it is authentic or not.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the hadith
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارAnswer:
The authors of the Sunan collections did not commit to including only authentic hadith in their books. They did not adhere to this standard, unlike al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and Ibn Hibban. They did not adhere to it; rather, they include authentic, good, and weak hadith in their books. However, they do not include fabricated hadith. They mention the chain of narration from beginning to end, so people know the chain and the narrators in it. They know its ruling from the context of the chain. It may be weak even if Imam Ahmad narrated it. It may be weak even if Imam Ahmad narrated it, or even if Ibn Malik narrated it.
Because those other than the authors of the authentic collections did not commit to narrating only authentic hadith. Rather, they write them by mentioning the chain, and the scholars know the chain of this hadith and whether it is authentic or not.
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القول في حديث : «لا ضرر ولا ضرار» — alfawzan.live
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