If a Muslim hears a certain hadith, it is not permissible for him to believe it or deny it until he verifies its status with the scholars.
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner: His EminenceThe Shaykh- May Allah preserve you - , ... ... , may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh: Neither this nor that. If a Muslim hears a certain hadith, it is not permissible for him to believe it or deny it until he verifies its status with the scholars. If they inform him that it is authentic, it is obligatory for him to adopt it and act upon it first, and then, if he memorizes it, ... to convey it secondly to those people for whom it is easy; based on his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - :Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2669Sahih (Darussalam) . The verse here is not just a verse from the Qur'an, but the intended meaning is the phrase. Whether this phrase he memorized is from the Noble Qur'an or from the hadiths of the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him and his family - , he must convey it to the people in accordance with his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - : - or as he - peace and blessings be upon him - said. This is if the Muslim is informed that the hadith is authentic. However, if he is informed by the scholars that the hadith is weak, it is not permissible for him to narrate it, being content with the authentic hadiths which, if they were widespread among the Muslims, they would be on guidance from their Lord.
As for if it is not decreed for him and it is not made easy for him to have someone who understands the status of the hadith, then at that time it is not permissible for him to narrate it; based on his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - :Riyad as-Salihin 1547 . This is a very important hadith that encompasses social life in all its aspects; that is: not only the hadith of the Messenger - peace be upon him - , but the speech of all people; because if a person habitually transmits from some people that they said such and such, he will inevitably fall into lying; whether the transmission is from the hadiths attributed to the Messenger - peace be upon him - or from the sayings attributed to some people. So his saying - peace and blessings be upon him and his family - : Riyad as-Salihin 1547 means that it is not permissible for a Muslim to narrate except what he has verified; even if it is not a Prophetic hadith, he should not say "so-and-so said such and such" until he verifies the truth of the report. And indeed, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - said - what is the verse? - : [Al-Hujurat 49:6] and in the other reading: , [Al-Hujurat 49:6] Is this report true or is it not true? Verify it, likewise, the same meaning. This is more comprehensive than the previous hadith. The previous hadith says: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 20:70 This hadith has come in "Sahih Muslim", and it mentioned another hadith in it: Mishkat al-Masabih 154Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i) , the verse mentioned earlier: [Al-Hujurat 49:6] whatever the news may be.
We have experienced in this present age news that is published, very little of it; how many a scholar has been killed while still alive, perhaps you have heard something of that. And how many false jurisprudential reports have been attributed - also - to some of those who claim to belong to knowledge, and it was then revealed - also - that that was a lie. And on this journey, I heard questions: Did you say such and such? I say: No, by Allah, I did not say this. Did you say such and such? I did not say this. Why? Because we were not raised on the Book of Allah or the hadith of the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him and his family - ; therefore they said in the past - what about today, in the present? - : "The defect of reports is nothing but their narrators."
Yes.
The Shaykh: Neither this nor that. If a Muslim hears a certain hadith, it is not permissible for him to believe it or deny it until he verifies its status with the scholars. If they inform him that it is authentic, it is obligatory for him to adopt it and act upon it first, and then, if he memorizes it, ... to convey it secondly to those people for whom it is easy; based on his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - :
Convey from me, even if it be an Ayah
بلِّغوا عنِّي ولو آيةMay Allah beautify the one who hears my words and understands them, and conveys them as he heard them; for perhaps the one who conveys it is more understanding than the listener, and perhaps the one who conveys it is more knowledgeable than the one who conveyed it to him.
نضَّر الله امرأً سَمِع مقالتي فوَعَاها ، فأدَّاها كما سمعها ؛ فرُبَّ مبَلَّغٍ أوعى له من سامع ، وربَّ مُبلَّغ أفقه من المُبلِّغAs for if it is not decreed for him and it is not made easy for him to have someone who understands the status of the hadith, then at that time it is not permissible for him to narrate it; based on his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - :
It is enough for a man to prove himself a liar when he goes on narrating whatever he hears.
كفى المرء كذبًا أن يحدِّث بكلِّ ما سمعIt is enough for a man to prove himself a liar when he goes on narrating whatever he hears.
كفى المرء كذبًا أن يحدِّث بكلِّ ما سمعO you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُواSo verify
فَتَثَبَّتُواif there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate
إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُواIt is sufficient for a person to be a liar that he narrates everything he hears.
بحسب المرء من الكذب أن يحدِّث بكلِّ ما سمعthere will be lying dajjals who will bring you traditions of which neither you nor your fathers have heard, so beware of them
سيأتيكم ناس يحدِّثون من الأحاديث بما لم تسمعوا أنتم ولا آباؤكم ؛ فإياكم وإياهمO you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُواWe have experienced in this present age news that is published, very little of it; how many a scholar has been killed while still alive, perhaps you have heard something of that. And how many false jurisprudential reports have been attributed - also - to some of those who claim to belong to knowledge, and it was then revealed - also - that that was a lie. And on this journey, I heard questions: Did you say such and such? I say: No, by Allah, I did not say this. Did you say such and such? I did not say this. Why? Because we were not raised on the Book of Allah or the hadith of the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him and his family - ; therefore they said in the past - what about today, in the present? - : "The defect of reports is nothing but their narrators."
Yes.
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.