The Isnad of the Athar from the Salaf.
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Good... What?
The questioner: ... to so-and-so, narrated by many of the well-known scholars of knowledge... He said: So he wrote them a paper... He said: The paper is still with me to this day... He was suffering from things and such, so in some of the texts he cited... but it did not happen... .
The Shaykh: In any case, the issue requires research from several aspects. If an isnad for some of the athar is found, then if we want to base a Shari'ah ruling upon it, we must establish that this type of practice is free from religious innovation by the fact that the practice of the Salaf was carried out in this manner. It is necessary to prove the isnads of this practice just as we prove the isnads of the marfu' hadiths. This is the first point. The second point is that it is not sufficient to find one or two athar, which may differ in meaning, i.e., in the type of practice. For example, this one is writing, and some of it is in... That is writing from images, for example. The mere occurrence of such two athar, for instance, and with the establishment of the sanad, in my belief, does not allow us to say: the practice of the Salaf was carried out in this manner. There should be numerous, converging athar such that they create conviction in the researcher's mind that this was a matter known among the Salaf, established, and acknowledged. This, in fact, requires research, and I said that I do not know... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Good... What?
The questioner: ... to so-and-so, narrated by many of the well-known scholars of knowledge... He said: So he wrote them a paper... He said: The paper is still with me to this day... He was suffering from things and such, so in some of the texts he cited... but it did not happen... .
The Shaykh: In any case, the issue requires research from several aspects. If an isnad for some of the athar is found, then if we want to base a Shari'ah ruling upon it, we must establish that this type of practice is free from religious innovation by the fact that the practice of the Salaf was carried out in this manner. It is necessary to prove the isnads of this practice just as we prove the isnads of the marfu' hadiths. This is the first point. The second point is that it is not sufficient to find one or two athar, which may differ in meaning, i.e., in the type of practice. For example, this one is writing, and some of it is in... That is writing from images, for example. The mere occurrence of such two athar, for instance, and with the establishment of the sanad, in my belief, does not allow us to say: the practice of the Salaf was carried out in this manner. There should be numerous, converging athar such that they create conviction in the researcher's mind that this was a matter known among the Salaf, established, and acknowledged. This, in fact, requires research, and I said that I do not know... .
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