A Response to Those Who Criticize Sahih al-Bukhari on the Ground That Imam al-Bukhari Is Not Infallible
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The questioner:
The second question. Second, Shaykh, what is your view of those who say that Shaykh al-Bukhari, the imam of the hadith scholars, is not infallible, and that his words are accepted and rejected, and that this is the case with this hadith?
The Shaykh:
My brother, no, rather, al-Bukhari’s words are accepted insofar as they convey the hadith of the Messenger.
The presenter:
We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh:
Al-Bukhari narrates it; the words of the Messenger are taken from al-Bukhari’s narration, and there is no harm in that. As for taking al-Bukhari’s own words as a settled matter, then what is taken from him is only what agrees with the evidence. Yes.
The second question. Second, Shaykh, what is your view of those who say that Shaykh al-Bukhari, the imam of the hadith scholars, is not infallible, and that his words are accepted and rejected, and that this is the case with this hadith?
The Shaykh:
My brother, no, rather, al-Bukhari’s words are accepted insofar as they convey the hadith of the Messenger.
The presenter:
We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh:
Al-Bukhari narrates it; the words of the Messenger are taken from al-Bukhari’s narration, and there is no harm in that. As for taking al-Bukhari’s own words as a settled matter, then what is taken from him is only what agrees with the evidence. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3907] الرد على من يطعن في صحيح البخاري بحجة أن الإمام البخاري غير معصوم - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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