Is it permissible for a Muslim to look into the Isra'iliyyat, and how is the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition of 'Umar from looking at the Torah to be understood?

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a Muslim to look into the Isra'iliyyat? And how is the prohibition in the hadith to be understood?

The Shaykh:
If a weak hadith is supported by other narrations, it is cited as evidence if it is supported by other narrations. But if there are no supporting narrations and he is alone with it, it is not cited as evidence. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: And how is the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of 'Umar from looking at the Torah to be understood?

The Shaykh:
Did anyone say, "Look at the Torah"? This is a narrated report; this is a narrated report, and it is not that it was taken from the Torah. It was not that the Torah was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he took from it. Rather, this is a narrated report from what is narrated from those before us. Yes.