I said: Al-Hakim's chains of narration are long, and therefore it is not permissible to say that his chain is on the condition of al-Bukhari or Muslim.
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The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Your agreement with al-Hakim sometimes when he says it is on the condition of the two Shaykhs, or on the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Shaykh : Do you want me to be opposed to you on every point?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : We do not have enough of them.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : And so, what is the meaning of the question?
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is how do you deal with the narrators who are between the level of al-Hakim and the level of al-Bukhari?
The Shaykh : We study them, or what did we talk about that day?
The questioner : Yes, but O Shaykh, you just mentioned that it must be the same narrator...
The Shaykh : It must be the same narrator.
The questioner : Meaning, al-Bukhari narrated it, for example.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by the same narrator?
The questioner : the man
The Shaykh : No, no. If you are referring to what I said regarding al-Hakim, al-Bayhaqi, and the like, whose chains are long, it is not permissible to say that their chains are on the condition of al-Bukhari or on the condition of Muslim. This is not possible except in the case of Imam Ahmad's narration in the Musnad. Do you remember this example?
The questioner : I remember it now.
The Shaykh : So what does your question mean?
The questioner : My question now is about the Musnad.
The Shaykh : What is it? What?
The questioner : It is not about the Musnad, because there is no issue with the Musnad.
The Shaykh : I am telling you about al-Mustadrak. It is not the Musnad, but I am telling you: When is it possible for a person to say that a chain is authentic on the condition of the two Shaykhs, or one of them? This can only be said in the case of the Musnad. As for al-Mustadrak and al-Bayhaqi, it is not correct to say this, because between al-Hakim and the Shaykh of the two Shaykhs, there may be two intermediaries or more.
The questioner : Yes, and my question is about this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I answered you, my brother.
The questioner : ... Al-Hakim, as long as it is not correct, how do you say, for example, "it is as al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi said"?
The Shaykh : Yes, so I say it is as he said. Sometimes the chain that ends al-Hakim's chain with the Shaykh exists, and there is a second chain outside al-Mustadrak, or in al-Mustadrak itself, where there are two paths or more.
The questioner : Yes...
The student: Look at the house near the cars now. This car, the Cressida, stay at... in front, in front. May Allah preserve you.
Another student: This one.
The student: No, the second one. This house, yes...
Another student: This is a prayer place.
The student: Yes, this is the Eid prayer place.
The questioner : Your agreement with al-Hakim sometimes when he says it is on the condition of the two Shaykhs, or on the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Shaykh : Do you want me to be opposed to you on every point?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : We do not have enough of them.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : And so, what is the meaning of the question?
The questioner : The question, O Shaykh, is how do you deal with the narrators who are between the level of al-Hakim and the level of al-Bukhari?
The Shaykh : We study them, or what did we talk about that day?
The questioner : Yes, but O Shaykh, you just mentioned that it must be the same narrator...
The Shaykh : It must be the same narrator.
The questioner : Meaning, al-Bukhari narrated it, for example.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by the same narrator?
The questioner : the man
The Shaykh : No, no. If you are referring to what I said regarding al-Hakim, al-Bayhaqi, and the like, whose chains are long, it is not permissible to say that their chains are on the condition of al-Bukhari or on the condition of Muslim. This is not possible except in the case of Imam Ahmad's narration in the Musnad. Do you remember this example?
The questioner : I remember it now.
The Shaykh : So what does your question mean?
The questioner : My question now is about the Musnad.
The Shaykh : What is it? What?
The questioner : It is not about the Musnad, because there is no issue with the Musnad.
The Shaykh : I am telling you about al-Mustadrak. It is not the Musnad, but I am telling you: When is it possible for a person to say that a chain is authentic on the condition of the two Shaykhs, or one of them? This can only be said in the case of the Musnad. As for al-Mustadrak and al-Bayhaqi, it is not correct to say this, because between al-Hakim and the Shaykh of the two Shaykhs, there may be two intermediaries or more.
The questioner : Yes, and my question is about this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I answered you, my brother.
The questioner : ... Al-Hakim, as long as it is not correct, how do you say, for example, "it is as al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi said"?
The Shaykh : Yes, so I say it is as he said. Sometimes the chain that ends al-Hakim's chain with the Shaykh exists, and there is a second chain outside al-Mustadrak, or in al-Mustadrak itself, where there are two paths or more.
The questioner : Yes...
The student: Look at the house near the cars now. This car, the Cressida, stay at... in front, in front. May Allah preserve you.
Another student: This one.
The student: No, the second one. This house, yes...
Another student: This is a prayer place.
The student: Yes, this is the Eid prayer place.