Some people say: When you say in "Al-'Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah" that it was narrated by Muslim and it is authentic, or narrated by al-Bukhari and it is authentic, they say...
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The questioner : Some people say: When you say in "Al-'Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah" that it was narrated by Muslim and it is authentic, or narrated by al-Bukhari and it is authentic, they say: there is doubt regarding "the two Sahihs"; so what is the response?
The Shaykh : This is a trick we know from Akhzam!! We have spoken simply about this shubhah (doubtful matter) raised by one of the enemies of the Sunnah, who did not limit himself to establishing his enmity toward the people of the Sunnah and the followers of the Sunnah in practice, but also claimed a lineage to those who preceded him in such enmity by claiming that lineage. He spoke of himself, though he is not of that lineage, but... with his shaykh. He said: I am so-and-so al-Kawthari; that is, he boasts of his shaykh al-Kawthari, who is known for his intense enmity toward the people of the Sunnah. This man has tried for many years to cast aspersions on those who performed the takhrij (tracing of hadiths) of "Takhrij al-Tahawiyyah" in this style that...The questioner : ...even if there is some transposition and reordering, and this transposition and reordering, in reality, is something that that young al-Kawthari accepts. The young al-Kawthari criticized my concise style in my takhrij of "Sharh Ahadith al-Tahawiyyah." I followed the following style: "Authentic, narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim," and so on, "Authentic, narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i," and so on, "Good, narrated by Imam Ahmad in the Musnad," "Weak, narrated by Abu Ya'la in his Musnad," and so on. So he created the illusion and spread throughout the Islamic world his false and slanderous claim that a hadith narrated in "Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim" does not become authentic according to this makhrij (hadith tracer) al-Albani unless he authenticates it from his own perspective. Therefore, he says: Authentic, narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim! And so on, as I mentioned.
And the reality is that, first, I am not the one who invented this style. I have established the proof against him and silenced him with quotes from a manuscript book that is now printed and known among students of knowledge, let alone scholars; I mean the book "Sharh al-Sunnah" by Imam al-Baghawi. This noble man narrates the hadith with its chain to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and sometimes he narrates it through the path of Imam al-Bukhari, and sometimes through the path of Imam Muslim. After narrating the text, he says: "This is an authentic hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim," or "This is an authentic hadith narrated by al-Bukhari." So if he accuses me of this accusation, does that mean that Imam al-Baghawi did not authenticate a hadith narrated by...The Shaykh : ...al-Bukhari unless he authenticated it himself? No, rather this is a style of presenting the hadith from the closest path with a clear phrase: this is authentic, or good, or weak, and so on. Then follows the attribution. And we said in our response to this man, which indicates that he is a person of passion and not a sincere advisor: Why did the young al-Kawthari not criticize the great al-Kawthari when he explicitly weakened many hadiths from "Sahih al-Bukhari" and "Sahih Muslim"? I cited some examples from that introduction. Why does he not criticize his shaykh, who explicitly weakens them, while he criticizes us because we followed this style of saying: "Authentic, narrated by Muslim and al-Bukhari," and so on.
And finally: We said—and people have different opinions in what they love—we adopted this style, and we do not mean that a hadith is not authentic unless we authenticate it. Therefore—and I say this clearly—students of knowledge ask me: Are there hadiths in "the two Sahihs" that you speak about? I say: Yes. They say to me: Why do you not alert us to them? I say: We have thousands of hadiths that need more attention than those, and what Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim have narrated is, as al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi said: "What al-Bukhari and Muslim have narrated has crossed the bridge"; that is, it is safe from criticism. So we are not the ones who... And this, in reality, is a very heavy task, and none of us is sufficient for it, meaning the hadiths that we need to clarify and distinguish the authentic from the weak are what occupy us. As for criticizing al-Bukhari and Muslim, that is not our way and not our methodology.
And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the one to be asked to guide the Muslims to follow the ways of the Master of the Messengers (upon him be the best of peace and the most complete blessings).
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Another questioner : ...that al-Baghawi preceded you in this, from al-Bukhari and Muslim, and he says authentic... narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and so on. Al-Baghawi was preceded in this by Imam al-Suni, for he traces the agreed-upon hadith... ...and says: Authentic, narrated by al-Bukhari...
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : This is a trick we know from Akhzam!! We have spoken simply about this shubhah (doubtful matter) raised by one of the enemies of the Sunnah, who did not limit himself to establishing his enmity toward the people of the Sunnah and the followers of the Sunnah in practice, but also claimed a lineage to those who preceded him in such enmity by claiming that lineage. He spoke of himself, though he is not of that lineage, but... with his shaykh. He said: I am so-and-so al-Kawthari; that is, he boasts of his shaykh al-Kawthari, who is known for his intense enmity toward the people of the Sunnah. This man has tried for many years to cast aspersions on those who performed the takhrij (tracing of hadiths) of "Takhrij al-Tahawiyyah" in this style that...The questioner : ...even if there is some transposition and reordering, and this transposition and reordering, in reality, is something that that young al-Kawthari accepts. The young al-Kawthari criticized my concise style in my takhrij of "Sharh Ahadith al-Tahawiyyah." I followed the following style: "Authentic, narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim," and so on, "Authentic, narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i," and so on, "Good, narrated by Imam Ahmad in the Musnad," "Weak, narrated by Abu Ya'la in his Musnad," and so on. So he created the illusion and spread throughout the Islamic world his false and slanderous claim that a hadith narrated in "Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim" does not become authentic according to this makhrij (hadith tracer) al-Albani unless he authenticates it from his own perspective. Therefore, he says: Authentic, narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim! And so on, as I mentioned.
And the reality is that, first, I am not the one who invented this style. I have established the proof against him and silenced him with quotes from a manuscript book that is now printed and known among students of knowledge, let alone scholars; I mean the book "Sharh al-Sunnah" by Imam al-Baghawi. This noble man narrates the hadith with its chain to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and sometimes he narrates it through the path of Imam al-Bukhari, and sometimes through the path of Imam Muslim. After narrating the text, he says: "This is an authentic hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim," or "This is an authentic hadith narrated by al-Bukhari." So if he accuses me of this accusation, does that mean that Imam al-Baghawi did not authenticate a hadith narrated by...The Shaykh : ...al-Bukhari unless he authenticated it himself? No, rather this is a style of presenting the hadith from the closest path with a clear phrase: this is authentic, or good, or weak, and so on. Then follows the attribution. And we said in our response to this man, which indicates that he is a person of passion and not a sincere advisor: Why did the young al-Kawthari not criticize the great al-Kawthari when he explicitly weakened many hadiths from "Sahih al-Bukhari" and "Sahih Muslim"? I cited some examples from that introduction. Why does he not criticize his shaykh, who explicitly weakens them, while he criticizes us because we followed this style of saying: "Authentic, narrated by Muslim and al-Bukhari," and so on.
And finally: We said—and people have different opinions in what they love—we adopted this style, and we do not mean that a hadith is not authentic unless we authenticate it. Therefore—and I say this clearly—students of knowledge ask me: Are there hadiths in "the two Sahihs" that you speak about? I say: Yes. They say to me: Why do you not alert us to them? I say: We have thousands of hadiths that need more attention than those, and what Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim have narrated is, as al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi said: "What al-Bukhari and Muslim have narrated has crossed the bridge"; that is, it is safe from criticism. So we are not the ones who... And this, in reality, is a very heavy task, and none of us is sufficient for it, meaning the hadiths that we need to clarify and distinguish the authentic from the weak are what occupy us. As for criticizing al-Bukhari and Muslim, that is not our way and not our methodology.
And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the one to be asked to guide the Muslims to follow the ways of the Master of the Messengers (upon him be the best of peace and the most complete blessings).
Please.
Another questioner : ...that al-Baghawi preceded you in this, from al-Bukhari and Muslim, and he says authentic... narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and so on. Al-Baghawi was preceded in this by Imam al-Suni, for he traces the agreed-upon hadith... ...and says: Authentic, narrated by al-Bukhari...
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
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