The Shaykh’s comment on al-Nawawi’s statement in *Riyad al-Salihin*: “And if I say at the end of a hadith: agreed upon, it means: narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim”
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The Shaykh :“And if I say at the end of a hadith: agreed upon, it means: narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim”
In this sentence, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) refers to a convention used by all scholars of hadith, with the exception of Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, the grandfather of Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, in his book *Al-Muntakha min Akhbar al-Mustafa*. The scholars of hadith agreed that whenever they say a hadith is “agreed upon,” they mean it was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Thus, “agreed upon” is an abbreviation for “narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.” This differs from Ibn Taymiyyah in that book, where he means by the phrase “agreed upon” al-Bukhari, Muslim, and additionally Imam Ahmad. This is specific to *Al-Muntakha*. Therefore, if one of you reads a hadith in *Al-Muntakha* and sees the term “agreed upon,” do not let the convention mentioned by Imam al-Nawawi just now dominate your understanding, for this is the convention of the majority of hadith scholars, while that is the convention of that author, Ibn Taymiyyah, in his book *Al-Muntakha*.
In this sentence, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) refers to a convention used by all scholars of hadith, with the exception of Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, the grandfather of Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, in his book *Al-Muntakha min Akhbar al-Mustafa*. The scholars of hadith agreed that whenever they say a hadith is “agreed upon,” they mean it was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Thus, “agreed upon” is an abbreviation for “narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.” This differs from Ibn Taymiyyah in that book, where he means by the phrase “agreed upon” al-Bukhari, Muslim, and additionally Imam Ahmad. This is specific to *Al-Muntakha*. Therefore, if one of you reads a hadith in *Al-Muntakha* and sees the term “agreed upon,” do not let the convention mentioned by Imam al-Nawawi just now dominate your understanding, for this is the convention of the majority of hadith scholars, while that is the convention of that author, Ibn Taymiyyah, in his book *Al-Muntakha*.