Explaining the method of the hadith scholars in classifying books of hadith.
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The questioner : Why did he make the two books ... .
The Shaykh: Why did he make the two books.
The questioner : Perhaps ... meaning with respect to ... .
The Shaykh: Because what we are reading is called "Al-Adab al-Mufrad" (The Book of Manners), and he did not restrict it to authentic hadiths. This is a type of authorship style, and many hadith scholars, indeed most hadith scholars, narrated in their books both authentic and weak hadiths. Very few scholars of hadith dedicated specific books solely to authentic hadiths, and among the foremost of these are al-Bukhari and Muslim. So in "Al-Adab al-Mufrad," he does not restrict himself to the authentic; this is his methodology and style in authorship, in which the majority of hadith scholars share with him. As for "Al-Sahih" (The Authentic Book) and its companion, the Imam Muslim, they only include in them what is authentic according to them from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When this word occurred in this form attributed to the Imam al-Bukhari with this chain of narration, the Imam al-Bukhari rejected it, as it appears to me. He did not include the question in "Al-Sahih," even though the same chain and the same narration exist in "Al-Sahih." He omitted this word because of its anomaly.
The Shaykh: Why did he make the two books.
The questioner : Perhaps ... meaning with respect to ... .
The Shaykh: Because what we are reading is called "Al-Adab al-Mufrad" (The Book of Manners), and he did not restrict it to authentic hadiths. This is a type of authorship style, and many hadith scholars, indeed most hadith scholars, narrated in their books both authentic and weak hadiths. Very few scholars of hadith dedicated specific books solely to authentic hadiths, and among the foremost of these are al-Bukhari and Muslim. So in "Al-Adab al-Mufrad," he does not restrict himself to the authentic; this is his methodology and style in authorship, in which the majority of hadith scholars share with him. As for "Al-Sahih" (The Authentic Book) and its companion, the Imam Muslim, they only include in them what is authentic according to them from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When this word occurred in this form attributed to the Imam al-Bukhari with this chain of narration, the Imam al-Bukhari rejected it, as it appears to me. He did not include the question in "Al-Sahih," even though the same chain and the same narration exist in "Al-Sahih." He omitted this word because of its anomaly.
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