Is al-Baghawi’s statement, “It is authentic, al-Bukhari narrated it,” due to the possibility that there is a weak link between it and al-Bukhari’s chain of narration?
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The questioner : Here, a questioner exaggerates by saying: al-Baghawi is considered to say this only because of the possibility that there is weakness, or a weak link, between it and al-Bukhari’s chain of narration, so he explicitly states, “It is authentic, al-Bukhari narrated it”?
The Shaykh : This is the talk of someone who has not studied al-Baghawi’s well-known book, *Sharh al-Sunnah*. We have not found, even once, the Imam al-Bukhari—excuse me, the Imam al-Baghawi—saying about a hadith narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim that its chain of narration is weak. This is imaginary, poetic talk, and its answer is what you have heard: there is no reality to such a possibility.
The Shaykh : This is the talk of someone who has not studied al-Baghawi’s well-known book, *Sharh al-Sunnah*. We have not found, even once, the Imam al-Bukhari—excuse me, the Imam al-Baghawi—saying about a hadith narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim that its chain of narration is weak. This is imaginary, poetic talk, and its answer is what you have heard: there is no reality to such a possibility.