Explanation of the Weak Hadith and Clarification of Its Meaning
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We hear from some scholars that a weak hadith is not interpreted or explained, because explaining it constitutes a text authenticating it. If a weak hadith is left alone and its meaning is not explained, is this statement correct?
The Shaykh:
Who said this? I have not found that the scholars said this. Some contemporary people said it; Allah knows best about their knowledge and their status. A weak hadith is used as evidence for matters of encouragement and warning. Also, if its weakness is not extreme, and it has corroborating narrations, it may be raised to the level of hasan (good). Also, it is not attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, it is said, "It is narrated" or "It is mentioned in a hadith," and one does not say, "The Messenger of Allah said" or "It is from the Messenger of Allah." One does not say this. This changes the phrasing. It changes the phrasing. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And what prevents it from being explained and its meaning clarified? Yes, so that people may benefit from it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We hear from some scholars that a weak hadith is not interpreted or explained, because explaining it constitutes a text authenticating it. If a weak hadith is left alone and its meaning is not explained, is this statement correct?
The Shaykh:
Who said this? I have not found that the scholars said this. Some contemporary people said it; Allah knows best about their knowledge and their status. A weak hadith is used as evidence for matters of encouragement and warning. Also, if its weakness is not extreme, and it has corroborating narrations, it may be raised to the level of hasan (good). Also, it is not attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, it is said, "It is narrated" or "It is mentioned in a hadith," and one does not say, "The Messenger of Allah said" or "It is from the Messenger of Allah." One does not say this. This changes the phrasing. It changes the phrasing. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And what prevents it from being explained and its meaning clarified? Yes, so that people may benefit from it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم ما فيه صورة من الثياب والبسط والستور والنهي عن التصوير — islamhouse.com (1:12:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.