Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement: This hadith was narrated through two chains... What does he mean?
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The questioner : When Ibn Taymiyyah said...: Criticism is of two types.
The Shaykh : ...What?
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement: Criticism is of two types; he said: Criticism—this hadith—was narrated through two chains... What does he mean...?
The Shaykh : Excuse me, my brother, wait... What does Ibn Taymiyyah say about criticism?
The questioner : He says: It passes through two chains, and the criticism in one of them does not affect the other.
The Shaykh : Okay; what are the two chains?
The questioner : He did not mention them, but does he mean the one with Imam Ahmad or the one with Ibn Khuzaymah?
The Shaykh : Does he mean the one with Imam Ahmad or what?
The questioner : Or the one with Ibn Khuzaymah...
The Shaykh : It is one chain.
The questioner : One chain.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s misconceptions, unless he means the hadith by its general meaning, which was said: ... Allah—Blessed and Exalted is He—... There is another hadith that conveys this meaning, but the detail found here is not found except in this chain which contains obscurity and weakness; so one should not rely on this statement of Ibn Taymiyyah which implies strengthening the hadith by the combination of what? The two chains; for it has only one chain.
The Shaykh : ...What?
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement: Criticism is of two types; he said: Criticism—this hadith—was narrated through two chains... What does he mean...?
The Shaykh : Excuse me, my brother, wait... What does Ibn Taymiyyah say about criticism?
The questioner : He says: It passes through two chains, and the criticism in one of them does not affect the other.
The Shaykh : Okay; what are the two chains?
The questioner : He did not mention them, but does he mean the one with Imam Ahmad or the one with Ibn Khuzaymah?
The Shaykh : Does he mean the one with Imam Ahmad or what?
The questioner : Or the one with Ibn Khuzaymah...
The Shaykh : It is one chain.
The questioner : One chain.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s misconceptions, unless he means the hadith by its general meaning, which was said: ... Allah—Blessed and Exalted is He—... There is another hadith that conveys this meaning, but the detail found here is not found except in this chain which contains obscurity and weakness; so one should not rely on this statement of Ibn Taymiyyah which implies strengthening the hadith by the combination of what? The two chains; for it has only one chain.
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