The Condition of Mass Transmission in Hadiths of Creed
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it a condition for the hadiths that establish the creed that they be mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports, or is it permissible for them to be ahad (reports with a limited chain)?
Answer:
It is a condition that they be sahih (valid), even if they are from the mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports, yes. And even if they are ahad (reports with a limited chain), as long as they are sahih (valid), yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it a condition for the hadiths that establish the creed that they be mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports, or is it permissible for them to be ahad (reports with a limited chain)?
Answer:
It is a condition that they be sahih (valid), even if they are from the mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports, yes. And even if they are ahad (reports with a limited chain), as long as they are sahih (valid), yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ 1438هـ ]، بداية من قوله : وقوله : { يريدون أن يبدلوا كلام الله } — islamhouse.com (55:24)
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