Verification of the Interpretation of the Hadith of the Slave Girl
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The questioner : But there is one point, my sir, which is that you also fell into the same thing, for example, you weakened a hadith in Muslim.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, this is a deviation, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : My knowledge is limited in this matter.
The Shaykh : This is a deviation. I did not weaken a hadith in Muslim that is unique to it. I am providing you with this hadith, and the scholars have agreed on its authenticity. I challenge the one who weakens it now to bring us a man from other than the present era, and from those who deviated from the correct Salafi creed that we explained to you earlier, one of the predecessors, whether from those who do not interpret or those who interpret, like al-Bayhaqi. Do you know that al-Bayhaqi interprets some verses or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, this interpreter explicitly states that the chain of this hadith is authentic. So do not mislead yourself and get entangled with me in the claim that I weakened a hadith in Sahih Muslim. Yes, but I did not weaken a hadith that scholars have agreed on its authenticity from the time of Sahih Muslim until before today. Before the time of fitnah and trial with new opinions, the matter is completely different. I am willing to provide you with ten scholars, old and new, including Imam al-Nawawi and others, that this hadith is authentic. How does it enter your mind, you who appear to be a young man free from desire, how does it enter your mind that all these scholars, from whom we learn the science of hadith, all of them made a mistake in authenticating this hadith? Then a person comes and says this hadith was not said by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Why? Because it contradicted his own desire? Because he understands from where Allah is? This understanding is wrong, and what is built on a wrong foundation is wrong. We have already explained to you earlier that Allah is not in a place, but Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is above all creation.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, this is a deviation, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : My knowledge is limited in this matter.
The Shaykh : This is a deviation. I did not weaken a hadith in Muslim that is unique to it. I am providing you with this hadith, and the scholars have agreed on its authenticity. I challenge the one who weakens it now to bring us a man from other than the present era, and from those who deviated from the correct Salafi creed that we explained to you earlier, one of the predecessors, whether from those who do not interpret or those who interpret, like al-Bayhaqi. Do you know that al-Bayhaqi interprets some verses or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, this interpreter explicitly states that the chain of this hadith is authentic. So do not mislead yourself and get entangled with me in the claim that I weakened a hadith in Sahih Muslim. Yes, but I did not weaken a hadith that scholars have agreed on its authenticity from the time of Sahih Muslim until before today. Before the time of fitnah and trial with new opinions, the matter is completely different. I am willing to provide you with ten scholars, old and new, including Imam al-Nawawi and others, that this hadith is authentic. How does it enter your mind, you who appear to be a young man free from desire, how does it enter your mind that all these scholars, from whom we learn the science of hadith, all of them made a mistake in authenticating this hadith? Then a person comes and says this hadith was not said by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Why? Because it contradicted his own desire? Because he understands from where Allah is? This understanding is wrong, and what is built on a wrong foundation is wrong. We have already explained to you earlier that Allah is not in a place, but Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is above all creation.
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