How to respond to a man from the followers of al-Suqaf who interprets the hadith (Have mercy on those on earth, and He in the heavens will have mercy on you) with another narration, which is (Have mercy on those on earth, and the people of the heavens will have mercy on you)
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The questioner: My Shaykh, regarding the hadith: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1924Hasan (Darussalam) .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And his bringing up of the other narration:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1924Hasan (Darussalam) So the first thing, to begin with, is this.
The Shaykh: My brother, first of all: al-Suqaf deemed this hadith weak.
The questioner: The people of the heavens?
The Shaykh: No, no, the entire hadith.
The questioner :Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1924Hasan (Darussalam) .
The Shaykh:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1924Hasan (Darussalam) Al-Suqaf deemed it weak.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And his deeming it weak contradicts his Shaykh, al-Ghamari. I want to confirm to you that he is certainly a man of the people of desires (ahwa').
The questioner: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh: Because in the hadith of the girl, he relied on his Shaykh in the hadith "Have mercy on those on earth, and He in the heavens will have mercy on you"; he did not rely on his Shaykh, nor did he rely on anyone else; he only relied on his own desires. So my intention is that it be said to him: Your Shaykh deemed this hadith weak, so is the narration you are relying upon authentic? If you say it is authentic, then what makes you think your Shaykh deemed the entire hadith weak with all its narrations?
The questioner: Even the people of the heavens.
The Shaykh: With all its narrations. Second, we do not actually have knowledge of this narration.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: If you find it, you will find it to be inauthentic. So how can you argue with it? And it is supposed that he does not argue with anything from his own opinion.
The questioner: Of course, he is being taught.
The Shaykh: Ah, so your Shaykh deemed this hadith weak in his own commentary on Ibn al-Jawzi's book.
The questioner: Yes, indeed, Allahu Akbar. May Allah honor you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh: So the answer is complete up to now regarding the first part, meaning I criticized some of the hadiths, and I preceded many of the Imams in this. As for the fact that I authored a book, or that others authored one, I have not authored one, and as for others, they have authored, but we do not know of a book on this subject today. This is the answer to what you asked.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens.
ارحموا مَن في الأرض ؛ يرحَمْكم مَن في السماءThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And his bringing up of the other narration:
Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens
ارحموا مَن في الأرض ؛ يرحَمْكم أهل السماءThe Shaykh: My brother, first of all: al-Suqaf deemed this hadith weak.
The questioner: The people of the heavens?
The Shaykh: No, no, the entire hadith.
The questioner :
Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens.
ارحموا مَن في الأرض ؛ يرحَمْكم من في السماءThe Shaykh:
The merciful are shown mercy by Ar-Rahman. Be merciful on the earth, and you will be shown mercy from Who is above the heavens.
الراحمون يرحمهم الرحمن ، ارحموا مَن في الأرض ؛ يرحَمْكم مَن في السماءThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And his deeming it weak contradicts his Shaykh, al-Ghamari. I want to confirm to you that he is certainly a man of the people of desires (ahwa').
The questioner: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh: Because in the hadith of the girl, he relied on his Shaykh in the hadith "Have mercy on those on earth, and He in the heavens will have mercy on you"; he did not rely on his Shaykh, nor did he rely on anyone else; he only relied on his own desires. So my intention is that it be said to him: Your Shaykh deemed this hadith weak, so is the narration you are relying upon authentic? If you say it is authentic, then what makes you think your Shaykh deemed the entire hadith weak with all its narrations?
The questioner: Even the people of the heavens.
The Shaykh: With all its narrations. Second, we do not actually have knowledge of this narration.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: If you find it, you will find it to be inauthentic. So how can you argue with it? And it is supposed that he does not argue with anything from his own opinion.
The questioner: Of course, he is being taught.
The Shaykh: Ah, so your Shaykh deemed this hadith weak in his own commentary on Ibn al-Jawzi's book.
The questioner: Yes, indeed, Allahu Akbar. May Allah honor you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh: So the answer is complete up to now regarding the first part, meaning I criticized some of the hadiths, and I preceded many of the Imams in this. As for the fact that I authored a book, or that others authored one, I have not authored one, and as for others, they have authored, but we do not know of a book on this subject today. This is the answer to what you asked.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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