Reading from the book *Al-Dhawabit al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil* by Muhammad ibn Matar al-Zahrani, with commentary by the Shaykh
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The questioner : Is there a condition for the narrator other than integrity and precision? Are there conditions that attach to the narrator other than integrity and precision, including the condition set by the Hanafis: jurisprudence? In fact, there are other conditions. He says here: "There are matters that do not relate to the narrator's integrity and precision, which can be divided into two categories: one category is that which, by the consensus of the scholars, does not attach to the narrator, namely freedom; if the narrator is a slave, it does not mean that his hadith is weak"
The Shaykh : This is not a condition.
The questioner : No, he is saying here what is not required, but in the second category he said: "And the second: what is not required according to the stronger opinion held by the majority. Among these are matters that relate to the narrator, and they are five things:
The first: being male.
The Shaykh : Is this a condition?
The reader: Yes.
The reader: There is an exception here, continue?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: He says: "First, being male, and it was required in the narrator according to a report from Imam Abu Hanifah, but he excluded from this the reports of A'ishah and Umm Salimah ". This is, of course, refuted.
The Shaykh : What is excluded from this?
The reader: A'ishah and Umm Salimah.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The reader: And the second is "jurisprudence ", and there is a detailed explanation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: He says it is well known that Imam Abu Hanifah required the narrator to have jurisprudence if his report contradicted the analogy of the principles. Second: others required it when the narrator was the sole transmitter of the hadith. And Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator recited from his memory. "What is your opinion of these three views?
The Shaykh : One after the other, the first one?
The reader: The first one, you refuted it shortly after. The second: others required it when the narrator was the sole transmitter of the hadith.
The Shaykh : Required what?
The reader: Others required the narrator's jurisprudence if he was the sole transmitter of the hadith. The third: and Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator recited from his memory.
The Shaykh : Did Ibn Hibban require it?
The questioner : When the narrator recited from his memory.
The Shaykh : What is the required thing?
The reader: Jurisprudence, that he be a jurist if he narrates from his memory.
The Shaykh : And what is the meaning of this restriction?
The reader: He restricted the jurisprudence, which is a condition for the narrator, by requiring jurisprudence in it.
The Shaykh : This is also an opinion, even if from a memorizer, but it is not acted upon, and nothing is required of the narrator except what was previously mentioned: integrity and precision. All of these remain in the marginal notes, and as is said about them: "Whoever gathered the marginal notes has gathered nothing".
The Shaykh : This is not a condition.
The questioner : No, he is saying here what is not required, but in the second category he said: "And the second: what is not required according to the stronger opinion held by the majority. Among these are matters that relate to the narrator, and they are five things:
The first: being male.
The Shaykh : Is this a condition?
The reader: Yes.
The reader: There is an exception here, continue?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: He says: "First, being male, and it was required in the narrator according to a report from Imam Abu Hanifah, but he excluded from this the reports of A'ishah and Umm Salimah ". This is, of course, refuted.
The Shaykh : What is excluded from this?
The reader: A'ishah and Umm Salimah.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The reader: And the second is "jurisprudence ", and there is a detailed explanation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: He says it is well known that Imam Abu Hanifah required the narrator to have jurisprudence if his report contradicted the analogy of the principles. Second: others required it when the narrator was the sole transmitter of the hadith. And Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator recited from his memory. "What is your opinion of these three views?
The Shaykh : One after the other, the first one?
The reader: The first one, you refuted it shortly after. The second: others required it when the narrator was the sole transmitter of the hadith.
The Shaykh : Required what?
The reader: Others required the narrator's jurisprudence if he was the sole transmitter of the hadith. The third: and Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator recited from his memory.
The Shaykh : Did Ibn Hibban require it?
The questioner : When the narrator recited from his memory.
The Shaykh : What is the required thing?
The reader: Jurisprudence, that he be a jurist if he narrates from his memory.
The Shaykh : And what is the meaning of this restriction?
The reader: He restricted the jurisprudence, which is a condition for the narrator, by requiring jurisprudence in it.
The Shaykh : This is also an opinion, even if from a memorizer, but it is not acted upon, and nothing is required of the narrator except what was previously mentioned: integrity and precision. All of these remain in the marginal notes, and as is said about them: "Whoever gathered the marginal notes has gathered nothing".