What is the course of action if a single hadith from a single Companion is transmitted once as mawquf and once as marfu', and both routes are established?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, if a hadith comes as mawquf and marfu', and its chain of narration is authentic for both, and we want to prefer one over the other, what is the way to do that?
I mean, a hadith comes as mawquf and marfu', and both chains of narration are authentic.
The Shaykh : When you say mawquf and marfu', it means there are two things. But when you say "with an authentic chain," do you mean you are saying "with an authentic chain" and not "with two authentic chains"?
The questioner : I mean, the mawquf came with an authentic chain, and the marfu' came with an authentic chain. It is the same hadith from one Companion; one person elevated it.
The Shaykh : And if you are now developing your statement, I asked you: Did both the mawquf and the marfu' come with a chain, meaning: there are two chains and not one chain? Whereas your statement was limited to one chain.
The questioner : No, it has two chains.
The Shaykh : Now you said: with two chains, after we clarified it with you. Okay, so now the question is as follows: A single hadith came!
The questioner : From two routes.
The Shaykh : That is not sufficient either. We also need to set conditions for the answer to be valid. We have agreed now that it came with two chains. Do you mean with two chains from one Companion, or from two Companions?
The questioner : One Companion.
The Shaykh : So, one of the chains from this Companion elevates it, and the other stops it. Is the question correct like this?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, the subject falls under one of the two rules we mentioned earlier in the lecture, which is:
Either it falls under the accepted addition of a trustworthy narrator, or it is an anomalous narration, in which case it is not accepted. We said that there is no room for detailing this there. Now the room for detailing has come. If the two chains are equal in authenticity, the ruling is for the marfu'. If one is stronger than the other, the ruling is for the stronger one.
I mean, a hadith comes as mawquf and marfu', and both chains of narration are authentic.
The Shaykh : When you say mawquf and marfu', it means there are two things. But when you say "with an authentic chain," do you mean you are saying "with an authentic chain" and not "with two authentic chains"?
The questioner : I mean, the mawquf came with an authentic chain, and the marfu' came with an authentic chain. It is the same hadith from one Companion; one person elevated it.
The Shaykh : And if you are now developing your statement, I asked you: Did both the mawquf and the marfu' come with a chain, meaning: there are two chains and not one chain? Whereas your statement was limited to one chain.
The questioner : No, it has two chains.
The Shaykh : Now you said: with two chains, after we clarified it with you. Okay, so now the question is as follows: A single hadith came!
The questioner : From two routes.
The Shaykh : That is not sufficient either. We also need to set conditions for the answer to be valid. We have agreed now that it came with two chains. Do you mean with two chains from one Companion, or from two Companions?
The questioner : One Companion.
The Shaykh : So, one of the chains from this Companion elevates it, and the other stops it. Is the question correct like this?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, the subject falls under one of the two rules we mentioned earlier in the lecture, which is:
Either it falls under the accepted addition of a trustworthy narrator, or it is an anomalous narration, in which case it is not accepted. We said that there is no room for detailing this there. Now the room for detailing has come. If the two chains are equal in authenticity, the ruling is for the marfu'. If one is stronger than the other, the ruling is for the stronger one.