Advice for those who follow weak reports
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Question:
Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you), some people cling to weak reports and follow them, leaving aside the authentic ones. What is your advice regarding that?
Answer:
The one who has knowledge reviews the hadiths from their sources, from the books of the Sunnah, to know which of them are authentic and which are not. As for the ignorant person, it is not permissible for him to act on everything he hears. Rather, he must ask the people of knowledge about any hadith that comes to him or that he hears and he wants to act upon. He asks the people of knowledge about the status of that hadith. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you), some people cling to weak reports and follow them, leaving aside the authentic ones. What is your advice regarding that?
Answer:
The one who has knowledge reviews the hadiths from their sources, from the books of the Sunnah, to know which of them are authentic and which are not. As for the ignorant person, it is not permissible for him to act on everything he hears. Rather, he must ask the people of knowledge about any hadith that comes to him or that he hears and he wants to act upon. He asks the people of knowledge about the status of that hadith. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/140 — archive.org (14:09)
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