What is the status of Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Madani in terms of the critique and vindication of narrators?
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The questioner : A questioner asks and says: What is the status of Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar in terms of the critique and vindication of narrators?
And when he narrates alone a hadith containing jurisprudence, and when he uses the en'ana style in tafsir, sometimes he explicitly states the narration and sometimes he does not, so he uses the en'ana style!
The Shaykh : Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Madani is an imam in the biography, particularly in the Prophetic biography, and an imam in the narration of hadith in general, but there are two matters regarding him:
The first is that in many cases he narrates from some of his shaykhs without an explicit text stating that he heard it from his shaykh. He says, and this is common in his narration from Nafi', who is one of the great Tabi'un, that in many narrations from him he says: "from Nafi'", he does not say: Nafi' narrated to me, nor does he say: I heard Nafi', but rather he says: from Nafi', meaning: he narrates using the en'ana style. If he narrates in such a case using the en'ana style, his hadith is suspended from being declared valid until it becomes clear in a sound narration from him that he explicitly stated the narration, such as saying: Nafi' narrated to me, or I heard Nafi'. As for if he says: from, then his narration is defective due to the en'ana style, meaning: he is among the group of those who conceal defects in a chain, whose hadith is used as evidence if they explicitly state hearing or narration, and whose hadith is not used as evidence if they use the en'ana style. This is the status of Ibn Ishaq when he uses the en'ana style.
But if he explicitly states the narration, his hadith is not in the rank of an authentic hadith, nor in the rank of a weak hadith, but rather his hadith is in the middle between these two, meaning: it is a good hadith. Ibn Ishaq, if he explicitly states the narration, his hadith is good.
And when he narrates alone a hadith containing jurisprudence, and when he uses the en'ana style in tafsir, sometimes he explicitly states the narration and sometimes he does not, so he uses the en'ana style!
The Shaykh : Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Madani is an imam in the biography, particularly in the Prophetic biography, and an imam in the narration of hadith in general, but there are two matters regarding him:
The first is that in many cases he narrates from some of his shaykhs without an explicit text stating that he heard it from his shaykh. He says, and this is common in his narration from Nafi', who is one of the great Tabi'un, that in many narrations from him he says: "from Nafi'", he does not say: Nafi' narrated to me, nor does he say: I heard Nafi', but rather he says: from Nafi', meaning: he narrates using the en'ana style. If he narrates in such a case using the en'ana style, his hadith is suspended from being declared valid until it becomes clear in a sound narration from him that he explicitly stated the narration, such as saying: Nafi' narrated to me, or I heard Nafi'. As for if he says: from, then his narration is defective due to the en'ana style, meaning: he is among the group of those who conceal defects in a chain, whose hadith is used as evidence if they explicitly state hearing or narration, and whose hadith is not used as evidence if they use the en'ana style. This is the status of Ibn Ishaq when he uses the en'ana style.
But if he explicitly states the narration, his hadith is not in the rank of an authentic hadith, nor in the rank of a weak hadith, but rather his hadith is in the middle between these two, meaning: it is a good hadith. Ibn Ishaq, if he explicitly states the narration, his hadith is good.