Clarification of the Opening of the Gate of Critique and Vindication of Narrators in This Era
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We heard from you that the gate of critique and vindication of narrators is closed in this era. So does that mean
Answer:
that you are opening it now? Where is the critique and vindication? Where is the one who can know this gate and this? These people have nothing but talking about people and criticizing them, so-and-so is like this and so-and-so is like that. This is backbiting. This backbiting is not permissible, nor is this critique. This critique and vindication is part of the knowledge of the chain of narration, the isnad of the hadith.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We heard from you that the gate of critique and vindication of narrators is closed in this era. So does that mean
Answer:
that you are opening it now? Where is the critique and vindication? Where is the one who can know this gate and this? These people have nothing but talking about people and criticizing them, so-and-so is like this and so-and-so is like that. This is backbiting. This backbiting is not permissible, nor is this critique. This critique and vindication is part of the knowledge of the chain of narration, the isnad of the hadith.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الرخصة في إعادة الجماعة وركعتي الطواف في كل وقت — islamhouse.com (1:16:20)
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