Is it permissible for a university graduate to authenticate and weaken hadiths?
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The questioner : I wanted to clarify, meaning...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : ...I have clarified this today, and that is whether it is permissible, for example, for a student who graduated from a university with a bachelor's degree in Islamic sciences to classify rulings from this principle...
The Shaykh : It is not permissible... I answered him... It is not permissible unless he is a scholar well-versed in the Book and the Sunnah, and he is a man known for righteousness and piety. This cannot be attested for a young graduate of this level in hadith; unless a very long time has passed until he has aged in knowledge and in correct Islamic upbringing, then it can be said that he is skilled in applying them.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : ...I have clarified this today, and that is whether it is permissible, for example, for a student who graduated from a university with a bachelor's degree in Islamic sciences to classify rulings from this principle...
The Shaykh : It is not permissible... I answered him... It is not permissible unless he is a scholar well-versed in the Book and the Sunnah, and he is a man known for righteousness and piety. This cannot be attested for a young graduate of this level in hadith; unless a very long time has passed until he has aged in knowledge and in correct Islamic upbringing, then it can be said that he is skilled in applying them.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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