Using a weak hadith as evidence for the dispensation for those performing tawaf
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, these are, may Allah preserve you, many questions asking about the issue the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the dispensation for those performing tawaf around the House, meaning passing by. They say that al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) weakened the hadith reported on this matter, so is it permissible to cite it as evidence, given that he said there is an unknown narrator in its chain?
Answer:
It is cited as evidence; if it were not cited as evidence, the author would not have mentioned it. The author mentioned it. A weak hadith is cited as evidence if it has supporting or corroborating authentic hadiths. Its meaning may be correct even if its chain is weak. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, these are, may Allah preserve you, many questions asking about the issue the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the dispensation for those performing tawaf around the House, meaning passing by. They say that al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) weakened the hadith reported on this matter, so is it permissible to cite it as evidence, given that he said there is an unknown narrator in its chain?
Answer:
It is cited as evidence; if it were not cited as evidence, the author would not have mentioned it. The author mentioned it. A weak hadith is cited as evidence if it has supporting or corroborating authentic hadiths. Its meaning may be correct even if its chain is weak. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السترة أمام المصلي وحكم المرور دونها — islamhouse.com (48:58)
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