Is there a condition for the narrator other than integrity and precision? That is, are there conditions that attach to the narrator other than integrity and precision?
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The questioner : Is there a condition for the narrator other than integrity and precision? That is, are there conditions that attach to the narrator other than integrity and precision? ... The condition that ... the Hanafis in jurisprudence, or are there other conditions? It says here: There are matters that do not return to the integrity and precision of the narrator, which can be divided into two categories: one category is agreed upon by the scholars to attach to the narrator, and that is freedom.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And that is freedom.
The Shaykh : Freedom.
The questioner : Yes; if the narrator is upright, does it mean that his hadith must be weak?
The Shaykh : This is not a condition.
The questioner : No, no, he says here: This is what is not required.
The Shaykh : Ah, what is not required, yes.
The questioner : But the second category: what is required according to the stronger opinion of the majority. Some of them attribute it to the narrator, and it is five matters, the first being maleness.
The Shaykh : Is this a condition?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : It is in the exception ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It says: First, maleness, and it was required in the narrator according to the report from Imam Abu Hanifah, but he excluded from that the reports of Aisha and Umm Salimah, this is of course refuted against him.
The Shaykh : He excluded from that what?
The questioner : Aisha and Umm Salimah.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner : ... matters that are refuted against him.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : The second is jurisprudence, and there is a detail. It says: It is well known from Imam Abu Hanifah that he required the narrator to be a jurist if his report contradicts a principle of the principles. Second: and others required it when the narrator is unique in the hadith, and Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator performs from his memory; so what is your opinion of this statement?
The Shaykh : One after another, the first one?
The questioner : Abu Hanifah, you refuted him a moment ago.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The second: others required it when the narrator is unique in the hadith.
The Shaykh : What did they require?
The questioner : Others required it in the narrator being a jurist when he is unique in the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, no ... also.
The questioner : The third: and Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator performs from his memory.
The Shaykh : Ibn Hibban required it.
The questioner : When the narrator performs from his memory.
The Shaykh : What is the required thing?
The questioner : Jurisprudence; that he be a jurist ... .
The Shaykh : A jurist ... and what is the meaning of this restriction?
The questioner : The restriction of jurisprudence, it is a condition in the narrator, meaning jurisprudence is required in him ... , yes.
The Shaykh : Also, this is an opinion ... , but it is not acted upon, and nothing is required in the narrator except what was mentioned before; integrity and precision, and all of these remain in the marginal notes ... in it: "He who gathered the marginal notes; what did he gather?"
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And that is freedom.
The Shaykh : Freedom.
The questioner : Yes; if the narrator is upright, does it mean that his hadith must be weak?
The Shaykh : This is not a condition.
The questioner : No, no, he says here: This is what is not required.
The Shaykh : Ah, what is not required, yes.
The questioner : But the second category: what is required according to the stronger opinion of the majority. Some of them attribute it to the narrator, and it is five matters, the first being maleness.
The Shaykh : Is this a condition?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : It is in the exception ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It says: First, maleness, and it was required in the narrator according to the report from Imam Abu Hanifah, but he excluded from that the reports of Aisha and Umm Salimah, this is of course refuted against him.
The Shaykh : He excluded from that what?
The questioner : Aisha and Umm Salimah.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner : ... matters that are refuted against him.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : The second is jurisprudence, and there is a detail. It says: It is well known from Imam Abu Hanifah that he required the narrator to be a jurist if his report contradicts a principle of the principles. Second: and others required it when the narrator is unique in the hadith, and Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator performs from his memory; so what is your opinion of this statement?
The Shaykh : One after another, the first one?
The questioner : Abu Hanifah, you refuted him a moment ago.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The second: others required it when the narrator is unique in the hadith.
The Shaykh : What did they require?
The questioner : Others required it in the narrator being a jurist when he is unique in the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, no ... also.
The questioner : The third: and Ibn Hibban required it when the narrator performs from his memory.
The Shaykh : Ibn Hibban required it.
The questioner : When the narrator performs from his memory.
The Shaykh : What is the required thing?
The questioner : Jurisprudence; that he be a jurist ... .
The Shaykh : A jurist ... and what is the meaning of this restriction?
The questioner : The restriction of jurisprudence, it is a condition in the narrator, meaning jurisprudence is required in him ... , yes.
The Shaykh : Also, this is an opinion ... , but it is not acted upon, and nothing is required in the narrator except what was mentioned before; integrity and precision, and all of these remain in the marginal notes ... in it: "He who gathered the marginal notes; what did he gather?"
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