Your opinion and comment on the hadith narrated by Ibn Abi 'Asim: (When one of you fights, let him avoid the face)

The questioner : Shaykh, as a comment, we want your opinion on the hadith narrated by Ibn Abi 'Asim, who said: Muhammad ibn Thawbah ibn Sawwa' narrated to us.

The Shaykh : Sawwa'.

The questioner : My uncle Muhammad ibn Sawwa' narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah, from Qatadah, from Abu Rafi', from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , then the author [said]: This is a sound chain, and in the commentary he said: al-Sunnah, part such-and-such, page such-and-such, and Al-Albani's statement: "But I am in doubt about the authenticity of the phrase: ; it has no basis, and even if he is in doubt about it, the memorizers among the people of hadith did not doubt it."

The Shaykh : And the memorizers? This.

Another questioner : The comment on the chain, may Allah preserve you?

The Shaykh : Yes?

Another questioner : If you wanted to comment on the chain of the hadith.

The Shaykh : No, I do not have the men memorized right now.

The questioner : Are the men mentioned?

The Shaykh : I know, but I say: I do not have their biographies memorized. Let me look, I do not recall the status of every narrator among these narrators right now, but I need to review my statement on it in "Takhrij al-Sunnah" by Ibn Abi 'Asim. However, what I recall in my mind is that what he quoted, saying: Al-Albani's statement: "But I am in doubt about the authenticity of the phrase: ; it has no basis, and even if he is in doubt about it, the memorizers among the people of hadith did not doubt it." If he means specifically this wording, and especially since he concluded by saying: He said: This is a sound chain, and it is clear in refuting the statement of the one who made the pronoun in his phrase: refer to Adam. Look now: What is the difference between the authentic hadith: , they differed on the reference of the pronoun, and he did not benefit from anything; since he authenticated this narration as "in the image of His face"; because the same thing can be said about the pronoun there. And his statement: It is clear in refuting the statement of the one who made the pronoun in his phrase: refer to Adam, so he will not benefit from anything. But we want to see what his position was regarding the narration of al-Bukhari; did he bring it?

The questioner: Yes ... .

The Shaykh : Who is the author of this book? Did he bring the narration of al-Bukhari: ?

The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, this is in al-Bukhari.

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes; but the hadith is not in the book of weakening.

The questioner : He spoke about this issue... and expanded on it greatly, and mentioned that the correct view is that it refers to al-Rahman.

The Shaykh : No, that is not my question. Did he bring the narration of al-Bukhari: ? That is the question.