What is your opinion of the book: *Rules in the Sciences of Hadith*, or the books of Ahmad Zafar Tehanawi in general?
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The questioner : There is a question that also relates to books:
Regarding the works of Ahmad Zafar Tehanawi, Shaykh Ahmad Zafar... *Rules in the Sciences of Hadith*, what is your opinion of these two books, or the books of Ahmad Zafar Tehanawi in general?
The Shaykh : I once wrote a word about it when I responded to Abu Ghuddah. I said: These rules are not rules in the principles of the science of hadith, but rather rules in the Hanafi principles of hadith. Therefore, hadithic rules should not be taken from them; rather, the Hanafi rules regarding hadith should be taken from his books. For this reason, a student of knowledge should not acquire such books, because they did not adhere to the rules of the hadith scholars in general, but rather attempted to develop many of the rules that are with the hadith scholars so that they would align with their Hanafi principles. This is what is in my mind now as an answer to this question.
Regarding the works of Ahmad Zafar Tehanawi, Shaykh Ahmad Zafar... *Rules in the Sciences of Hadith*, what is your opinion of these two books, or the books of Ahmad Zafar Tehanawi in general?
The Shaykh : I once wrote a word about it when I responded to Abu Ghuddah. I said: These rules are not rules in the principles of the science of hadith, but rather rules in the Hanafi principles of hadith. Therefore, hadithic rules should not be taken from them; rather, the Hanafi rules regarding hadith should be taken from his books. For this reason, a student of knowledge should not acquire such books, because they did not adhere to the rules of the hadith scholars in general, but rather attempted to develop many of the rules that are with the hadith scholars so that they would align with their Hanafi principles. This is what is in my mind now as an answer to this question.