Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) on the unknown
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The Shaykh : Excuse me, raise your voice and let me understand what your question is.
The questioner : Al-Nawawi said.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : At the end of his discussion on the unknown in his book *Taqrib*, he said: "He is the one whose identity and integrity are known, but whose name is unknown; he is cited as evidence." Is this statement correct, O our Shaykh? "He is the one whose identity and integrity are known, but whose name is unknown; he is cited as evidence."
The Shaykh : His name is unknown.
The questioner : His name is unknown.
The Shaykh : I mean, he was not named. How can his name be unknown if you know his integrity?
The student : Unless he was a Companion.
The questioner : This is the statement of al-Sakhawi in *Fath al-Mughith*.
The Shaykh : We do not know this.
The questioner : In the first volume, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How can his name be unknown if you know his integrity?
The questioner : That is how it is written.
The Shaykh : It proceeds, I mean.
The student : A trustworthy man narrated to me.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The student : This is a question from Madi al-Budu, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes / He is more deserving.
The questioner : A question and a follow-up.
The Shaykh : He is more deserving.
The questioner : Al-Nawawi said.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : At the end of his discussion on the unknown in his book *Taqrib*, he said: "He is the one whose identity and integrity are known, but whose name is unknown; he is cited as evidence." Is this statement correct, O our Shaykh? "He is the one whose identity and integrity are known, but whose name is unknown; he is cited as evidence."
The Shaykh : His name is unknown.
The questioner : His name is unknown.
The Shaykh : I mean, he was not named. How can his name be unknown if you know his integrity?
The student : Unless he was a Companion.
The questioner : This is the statement of al-Sakhawi in *Fath al-Mughith*.
The Shaykh : We do not know this.
The questioner : In the first volume, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How can his name be unknown if you know his integrity?
The questioner : That is how it is written.
The Shaykh : It proceeds, I mean.
The student : A trustworthy man narrated to me.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The student : This is a question from Madi al-Budu, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes / He is more deserving.
The questioner : A question and a follow-up.
The Shaykh : He is more deserving.
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