The validity of the statement that if al-Tabarani narrates a weak hadith alone; this is in the story of al-Ghayath ibn Ibrahim with al-Mahdi.
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The questioner : Is it true that you said: If al-Tabarani narrates a hadith alone, it is weak; this is in the story of al-Ghayath ibn Ibrahim with al-Mahdi?
The Shaykh : If al-Tabarani narrates what?
The questioner : If he narrates a hadith alone, it is weak.
The Shaykh : No, I did not say that, I do not say it, and I will not say it; because the criterion for someone like al-Tabarani is to look at the chain of narration of any hadith he has narrated. If the chain is authentic from his shaykh to his Companion, then it is an authentic hadith, and al-Tabarani did not narrate it alone.
The Shaykh : If al-Tabarani narrates what?
The questioner : If he narrates a hadith alone, it is weak.
The Shaykh : No, I did not say that, I do not say it, and I will not say it; because the criterion for someone like al-Tabarani is to look at the chain of narration of any hadith he has narrated. If the chain is authentic from his shaykh to his Companion, then it is an authentic hadith, and al-Tabarani did not narrate it alone.
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