In a new book by Dr. al-Qaradawi, he states: The final part of the hadith of the division of the Ummah: (They are all in the Fire except one) is fabricated. This is the topic.
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The questioner : Your EminenceThe Shaykh : In another question - may Allah preserve you - if you please, in a new book that has come out by Dr. al-Qaradawi, he says regarding the hadith of the division of the Ummah that the final part of it, which is: Sunan Ibn Majah 3993Sahih (Darussalam), he says: that this part is fabricated; meaning it is not from the original hadith?
The Shaykh: First of all, O daughter of the faithful, O Umm 'Amr.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Not everyone who speaks in a certain field of knowledge should be listened to. Do you knowThe Shaykh : al-Qaradawi? Did he ever write a thesis in the science of hadith? Let alone write a book; let alone write books; let alone write volumes?! This is the calamity of the age in this time!! Like al-Qaradawi, and like the Egyptian al-Ghazali, these people raise a commotion against some of the young men who are raised upon the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and upon what the righteous Salaf were upon. So when someone gives them a fatwa, they ask: What is the evidence? They raise a commotion against them. What is it that you all ask: What is the evidence? You must ask the jurists and the people of specialization and knowledge. And if they fall into the very thing they denounce in the young men, while they are sheikhs; because they do not take the opinion of the people of specialization in the science of hadith.
The questioner : e : Correct.
The Shaykh: Al-Qaradawi himself, I know him personally, and I lived with him in Qatar for days, and we met with him in the council that they call the Supreme Council at the Islamic University repeatedly and over and over. And he trusts my knowledge and knows the firmness of my standing in it. Nevertheless, now, in order to smooth over some of the bad facts in the Muslim world, you find him authenticating what is weak and weakening what is authentic, like this hadith. Therefore, our Muslim brothers, whether they are women or men, should know - as it is said in the old Arabic proverb - they should know how to eat the shoulder, meaning today, as you know, knowledge is one of the sciences that has branches in specialization. For example, a person who is afflicted with pain in his ear does not go to any doctor specialized in internal diseases of the stomach or intestines, etc., but he goes to a man specialized in ears, and so on. So this specialization is very necessary, and this is among the meanings of His saying - the Exalted - :[An-Nahl 16:43]. So al-Qaradawi and those like him, al-Ghazali and the like, are not from the people of knowledge of hadith in terms of authenticating and weakening. If they have some knowledge, it is the knowledge of traditional fiqh, and not the fiqh derived from the Book and the Sunnah.
I have prolonged it upon me first, and then upon you second.
The questioner: May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh: So we will suffice with this amount now, so that we make room for those who may be waiting for the call to end fromThe questioner : them, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
all of which will be in Hell apart from one
كلهم في النار إلا واحدةThe Shaykh: First of all, O daughter of the faithful, O Umm 'Amr.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Not everyone who speaks in a certain field of knowledge should be listened to. Do you knowThe Shaykh : al-Qaradawi? Did he ever write a thesis in the science of hadith? Let alone write a book; let alone write books; let alone write volumes?! This is the calamity of the age in this time!! Like al-Qaradawi, and like the Egyptian al-Ghazali, these people raise a commotion against some of the young men who are raised upon the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and upon what the righteous Salaf were upon. So when someone gives them a fatwa, they ask: What is the evidence? They raise a commotion against them. What is it that you all ask: What is the evidence? You must ask the jurists and the people of specialization and knowledge. And if they fall into the very thing they denounce in the young men, while they are sheikhs; because they do not take the opinion of the people of specialization in the science of hadith.
The questioner : e : Correct.
The Shaykh: Al-Qaradawi himself, I know him personally, and I lived with him in Qatar for days, and we met with him in the council that they call the Supreme Council at the Islamic University repeatedly and over and over. And he trusts my knowledge and knows the firmness of my standing in it. Nevertheless, now, in order to smooth over some of the bad facts in the Muslim world, you find him authenticating what is weak and weakening what is authentic, like this hadith. Therefore, our Muslim brothers, whether they are women or men, should know - as it is said in the old Arabic proverb - they should know how to eat the shoulder, meaning today, as you know, knowledge is one of the sciences that has branches in specialization. For example, a person who is afflicted with pain in his ear does not go to any doctor specialized in internal diseases of the stomach or intestines, etc., but he goes to a man specialized in ears, and so on. So this specialization is very necessary, and this is among the meanings of His saying - the Exalted - :
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَI have prolonged it upon me first, and then upon you second.
The questioner: May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh: So we will suffice with this amount now, so that we make room for those who may be waiting for the call to end fromThe questioner : them, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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