The issue of the disagreement between al-Bukhari, who requires proof of meeting between the narrator and the one narrated from, and Muslim, who is content with the condition of contemporaneity.
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The questioner : The issue raised a moment ago is the disagreement between al-Bukhari and Muslim regarding the issue of hearing.
The Shaykh: She?
The questioner : It has not become clear.
Another questioner : It is not clear, it is not clear, your words... to me.
The questioner : O Shaykh, please repeat.
The Shaykh : Is it not clear?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : I am the narrator, and this is my Shaykh. I say: So-and-so said, or I mention to you from so-and-so. Is this narration connected or disconnected? According to some, for it to be connected, let us assume that you are al-Bukhari; that is, Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari. You require, for my narration from this person to be valid, that it be established with you that I did not merely live in his time, but that I met him, gathered with him, and heard from him. Is this clear?
The questioner : Clear, yes.
The Shaykh : Good; this is Muslim al-Qushayri. He is content with connection, on the condition that: the connection between me and himThe Shaykh : is that we are contemporaries, and it is established from history that we are contemporaries; so he does not require the condition you required, which is that it be established with him, as it is established with you, that I met him and heard from him. But he requires one condition; which is what I mentioned earlier; contemporaneity; meaning the possibility of hearing from him, and the possibility of meeting him. Are we clear up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But on the condition that I am not known to him as a deceiver; because the habit of the deceiver is that he narrates from those from whom he heard what he did not hear from them. So if I am not known to this Imam Muslim as a deceiver - and I do not say I am not a deceiver - I am not known as a deceiver. Perhaps you distinguish between the two expressions?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you say after that, that we scattered and confused and muddled us!! I am saying that it is required of him that I am not known to him as a deceiver; so at that time he takes my narration from this person as connected. As for you, you do not accept the claim of connection except on the condition that I met him before, and you do not accept, or you do not accept, that I merely lived in his time. Is the difficulty resolved?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: She?
The questioner : It has not become clear.
Another questioner : It is not clear, it is not clear, your words... to me.
The questioner : O Shaykh, please repeat.
The Shaykh : Is it not clear?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : I am the narrator, and this is my Shaykh. I say: So-and-so said, or I mention to you from so-and-so. Is this narration connected or disconnected? According to some, for it to be connected, let us assume that you are al-Bukhari; that is, Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari. You require, for my narration from this person to be valid, that it be established with you that I did not merely live in his time, but that I met him, gathered with him, and heard from him. Is this clear?
The questioner : Clear, yes.
The Shaykh : Good; this is Muslim al-Qushayri. He is content with connection, on the condition that: the connection between me and himThe Shaykh : is that we are contemporaries, and it is established from history that we are contemporaries; so he does not require the condition you required, which is that it be established with him, as it is established with you, that I met him and heard from him. But he requires one condition; which is what I mentioned earlier; contemporaneity; meaning the possibility of hearing from him, and the possibility of meeting him. Are we clear up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But on the condition that I am not known to him as a deceiver; because the habit of the deceiver is that he narrates from those from whom he heard what he did not hear from them. So if I am not known to this Imam Muslim as a deceiver - and I do not say I am not a deceiver - I am not known as a deceiver. Perhaps you distinguish between the two expressions?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you say after that, that we scattered and confused and muddled us!! I am saying that it is required of him that I am not known to him as a deceiver; so at that time he takes my narration from this person as connected. As for you, you do not accept the claim of connection except on the condition that I met him before, and you do not accept, or you do not accept, that I merely lived in his time. Is the difficulty resolved?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
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