The Relationship Between the Authenticity of the Chain and the Authenticity of the Text
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned his statement: “This and what is similar to it, whose chain is authentic.” Does it not occur to one to reject it on the grounds that its text is not authentic, or that if the chain is authentic, the text is?
Answer:
Without a doubt, if the chain is authentic, the text is authentic. There is no doubt in this; the authenticity of the text is a necessary consequence of the authenticity of the chain. Therefore, they said, “along with being free from anomaly.” Anomaly is a defect in the text.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned his statement: “This and what is similar to it, whose chain is authentic.” Does it not occur to one to reject it on the grounds that its text is not authentic, or that if the chain is authentic, the text is?
Answer:
Without a doubt, if the chain is authentic, the text is authentic. There is no doubt in this; the authenticity of the text is a necessary consequence of the authenticity of the chain. Therefore, they said, “along with being free from anomaly.” Anomaly is a defect in the text.
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : فمما جاء من آيات الصفات — islamhouse.com (1:01:23)
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