Distinguishing the Narrator's Words from the Messenger's Words in a Hadith
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The questioner:
A hadith was mentioned, the hadith of the gesture. If one is able to use the gesture, he does so. The Maghribi edition supports the use of the two small circles, meaning the end of the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the specific marker used.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
The author. The statement of Ibn Ghaymah, if one is able, like that.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Why did the author not place the two small circles at the end of the hadith introduction, and instead use a separator to indicate the relationship with what came before?
The Shaykh:
The authors do not place brackets; the brackets only came with the printing presses. There were no brackets in the original, but all of this is a defect, a necessary defect.
The questioner:
That is all that is intended.
The Shaykh:
What is not necessary? No, some people hold that if it is from the words of the Messenger, some people hold this, some people hold that. Yes, but even if one is certain that it is from the words of the narrator, it is not necessary to separate it, because the scholars of knowledge distinguish between the words of the Messenger and the words of others, even if it is not separated. Yes, Glory be to Allah.
A hadith was mentioned, the hadith of the gesture. If one is able to use the gesture, he does so. The Maghribi edition supports the use of the two small circles, meaning the end of the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the specific marker used.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
The author. The statement of Ibn Ghaymah, if one is able, like that.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Why did the author not place the two small circles at the end of the hadith introduction, and instead use a separator to indicate the relationship with what came before?
The Shaykh:
The authors do not place brackets; the brackets only came with the printing presses. There were no brackets in the original, but all of this is a defect, a necessary defect.
The questioner:
That is all that is intended.
The Shaykh:
What is not necessary? No, some people hold that if it is from the words of the Messenger, some people hold this, some people hold that. Yes, but even if one is certain that it is from the words of the narrator, it is not necessary to separate it, because the scholars of knowledge distinguish between the words of the Messenger and the words of others, even if it is not separated. Yes, Glory be to Allah.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 4 — islamhouse.com (36:04)
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