What is the meaning of the author's statement: "Its narrators are trustworthy"?
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The questioner : Our teacher, regarding the hadith about reciting al-Fatihah, can you hear me clearly? I am listening to you. May Allah bless you. The hadith is in Sunan Abu Dawud, narrated by 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit.
The Shaykh : It is of no consideration.
The questioner : We have finished; we just wanted to ask about its rejection, that is all.
The Shaykh : It is rejected because it is narrated by Makhul, and he did not hear from 'Ubadah.
The questioner : Yes, that is right. Now, in the book Nail al-Awtar, it says "Its narrators are trustworthy." Is he attributing it to al-Daraqutni?
The Shaykh : Yes, what does "its narrators are trustworthy" mean?
The questioner : I did not know; I wanted to ask you, that is all.
The Shaykh : No, this is not a problem for you, because you are supposed to have taken lessons on this phrase more than once. "Its narrators are trustworthy" is one of the conditions for the validity of the chain of narration.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : So you must have heard in the definition of an authentic hadith: "What is narrated by a just, precise narrator from his like, from his like, to its end, without being anomalous or having a defect." If a narrator is missing from the chain, what is this chain called? It is broken (munqati'). If two narrators are missing from it, it is severely broken (mu'dal). Even so, it is said that "its narrators are trustworthy."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the statement of the one who says "and its narrators are trustworthy" does not negate that there may be a defect in the chain, and in that case, the chain is weak if it contains the defect.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O teacher.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : So this is the hadith that the group is relying on, I mean.
The Shaykh : This is not the hadith that I was relying on when I said that you no longer remember the scholarly topics because of your preoccupation with the world.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You have nothing left.
The questioner : No, may Allah reward you with good. Now, no, now.
The Shaykh : Do not be stingy with us.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Here, just proceed.
The questioner : I am speaking.
The Shaykh : It is of no consideration.
The questioner : We have finished; we just wanted to ask about its rejection, that is all.
The Shaykh : It is rejected because it is narrated by Makhul, and he did not hear from 'Ubadah.
The questioner : Yes, that is right. Now, in the book Nail al-Awtar, it says "Its narrators are trustworthy." Is he attributing it to al-Daraqutni?
The Shaykh : Yes, what does "its narrators are trustworthy" mean?
The questioner : I did not know; I wanted to ask you, that is all.
The Shaykh : No, this is not a problem for you, because you are supposed to have taken lessons on this phrase more than once. "Its narrators are trustworthy" is one of the conditions for the validity of the chain of narration.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : So you must have heard in the definition of an authentic hadith: "What is narrated by a just, precise narrator from his like, from his like, to its end, without being anomalous or having a defect." If a narrator is missing from the chain, what is this chain called? It is broken (munqati'). If two narrators are missing from it, it is severely broken (mu'dal). Even so, it is said that "its narrators are trustworthy."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the statement of the one who says "and its narrators are trustworthy" does not negate that there may be a defect in the chain, and in that case, the chain is weak if it contains the defect.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O teacher.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : So this is the hadith that the group is relying on, I mean.
The Shaykh : This is not the hadith that I was relying on when I said that you no longer remember the scholarly topics because of your preoccupation with the world.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You have nothing left.
The questioner : No, may Allah reward you with good. Now, no, now.
The Shaykh : Do not be stingy with us.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Here, just proceed.
The questioner : I am speaking.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1319 — d3watuna.com (10:22)
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