What is the ruling on relying on al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi in narrating hadith?
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The questioner : Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shinqiti: As for al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, what is the conclusion regarding him, meaning in terms of his reliability?
The Shaykh : He is not relied upon alone.
The questioner : Meaning, if we are asked about him, do we say he is trustworthy?
The Shaykh : He is not relied upon alone; rather, he is cited as a supporting witness.
The questioner : The wood.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because in the words of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Tuhfat al-Mawdud*, he says: This man is not from the people of hadith; he is a Sufi who collected some narrations and went on, I don't know what, and so on. Meaning, in his criticism, it is approximately half a page.
The Shaykh : He has a long biography in *al-Lisan*. Where is it?
The questioner : Professor, did the research of Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah ibn Ghaddah on the silence of the critics regarding a narrator pass by you?
The Shaykh : Here, one person is responding to him.
The questioner : It is a torment, everything is a torment. And it was said that it was sent to Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz to look into it. He wrote a long response because this torment answers the Shaykh. May Allah bless you. His thesis is in
The Shaykh : He is not relied upon alone.
The questioner : Meaning, if we are asked about him, do we say he is trustworthy?
The Shaykh : He is not relied upon alone; rather, he is cited as a supporting witness.
The questioner : The wood.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because in the words of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Tuhfat al-Mawdud*, he says: This man is not from the people of hadith; he is a Sufi who collected some narrations and went on, I don't know what, and so on. Meaning, in his criticism, it is approximately half a page.
The Shaykh : He has a long biography in *al-Lisan*. Where is it?
The questioner : Professor, did the research of Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah ibn Ghaddah on the silence of the critics regarding a narrator pass by you?
The Shaykh : Here, one person is responding to him.
The questioner : It is a torment, everything is a torment. And it was said that it was sent to Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz to look into it. He wrote a long response because this torment answers the Shaykh. May Allah bless you. His thesis is in
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سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 121 — d3watuna.com (16:06)
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