The Ruling on the Hadiths in the Book of Tawqiyah
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Question:
Are all the hadiths in the Book of Tawqiyah by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab authentic?
Answer:
Yes, everything in it, praise be to Allah, consists of authentic hadiths. Either they are authentic in themselves, having been narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim or one of them, or they are authentic due to the support of other verses or authentic hadiths. The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) does not include in this book a weak hadith that has nothing to strengthen it, nor anything to support it from verses or hadiths, as some ignorant people in this era assume.
So this book, praise be to Allah, is meticulous and well-studied. Generations of scholars have succeeded one another in studying it, explaining it, and affirming it, without objecting to it, for the reasons I mentioned to you. The hadiths in it are either authentic in themselves, having been published by al-Bukhari and Muslim or one of them, or verified by one of the Imams other than the two Shaykhs; or they contain weakness, but are strengthened by other hadiths and verses from the Qur'an. In such cases, he does not mention them independently, but only cites them for the purpose of refutation. The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) is a scholar; this is easy to see. He is a well-versed scholar who knows how to use evidence and how to place hadiths in their appropriate contexts. He is not ignorant. He is an Imam among the Imams. It is as if someone comes now, goes around correcting and authenticating without knowing anything, and makes mistakes regarding the Shaykh, while not knowing the reality of the Shaykh's methodology, nor knowing the Shaykh's standing in knowledge. This is an overreach without right.
Are all the hadiths in the Book of Tawqiyah by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab authentic?
Answer:
Yes, everything in it, praise be to Allah, consists of authentic hadiths. Either they are authentic in themselves, having been narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim or one of them, or they are authentic due to the support of other verses or authentic hadiths. The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) does not include in this book a weak hadith that has nothing to strengthen it, nor anything to support it from verses or hadiths, as some ignorant people in this era assume.
So this book, praise be to Allah, is meticulous and well-studied. Generations of scholars have succeeded one another in studying it, explaining it, and affirming it, without objecting to it, for the reasons I mentioned to you. The hadiths in it are either authentic in themselves, having been published by al-Bukhari and Muslim or one of them, or verified by one of the Imams other than the two Shaykhs; or they contain weakness, but are strengthened by other hadiths and verses from the Qur'an. In such cases, he does not mention them independently, but only cites them for the purpose of refutation. The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) is a scholar; this is easy to see. He is a well-versed scholar who knows how to use evidence and how to place hadiths in their appropriate contexts. He is not ignorant. He is an Imam among the Imams. It is as if someone comes now, goes around correcting and authenticating without knowing anything, and makes mistakes regarding the Shaykh, while not knowing the reality of the Shaykh's methodology, nor knowing the Shaykh's standing in knowledge. This is an overreach without right.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - 02 — archive.org (16:49)
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