Does a hadith become defective if a single trustworthy narrator transmits it uniquely?
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The Shaykh: ... or .
The student: at Umm al-Qura University .
The Shaykh: Umm al-Qura .
The student: Yes.
Another student : The brother is attending a conference .
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student: for a master's or doctoral degree .
The student: for a master's degree .
Another student : for a master's degree .
The Shaykh: May Allah will it, the studies are progressing well .
The student: By Allah, we praise Allah in the principles of jurisprudence, for he has limited the issues of usul al-fiqh that have no jurisprudential fruit .
The Shaykh: Who is the professor of the subject .
The student: The supervisor is an Egyptian doctor from al-Azhar, Dr. Salah Shalabi .
The Shaykh: An Azhari .
The student: Yes, indeed, an Azhari .
The Shaykh: No, he is not close to me, and perhaps he is a Salafi ?
The student: By Allah, up to now it has not become clear to me .
The Shaykh: It has not become clear .
The student: It has not become clear to me .
The Shaykh: And a long time has passed since he was studying there, and it is not recent .
The student: No, no, he has been there a long time .
The Shaykh: He has .
The student: Yes.
Another student : Is Shaykh Shalabi ?
The student: Dr. Salah Shalabi .
Another student : He is not well known .
The student: Yes, indeed, he is no different from Ahmad Shalabi the historian; the Shalabi family is large, as if it were .
The Shaykh: We praise Him constantly, praise be to Allah .
The questioner: All right, Shaykh, do you allow us to present some issues? May Allah preserve you. Shaykh, regarding the unique transmission of a trustworthy narrator, if he transmits a hadith uniquely, does the hadith become defective due to this unique transmission or not, and is there a disagreement?
The Shaykh: Does it have no contradicting narration?
The questioner: It has no contradicting narration .
The Shaykh: And is he trustworthy?
The questioner: And he is trustworthy .
The Shaykh: It is not permissible to declare the hadith defective, even if the narrator is trustworthy, but that fact is clarified. However, this clarification does not constitute a defect. It only becomes a defect if he contradicts someone more trustworthy than him, or if the number of those contradicting him is greater. As for mere unique transmission, as Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The anomalous hadith is not when a trustworthy narrator transmits what no one else has transmitted, but rather the anomalous hadith is when a trustworthy narrator transmits what contradicts someone more trustworthy than him or a greater number." Yes, this is mentioned in the books of terminology, including the book *Ikhtisar 'Ulum al-Hadith* by al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi.
The student: at Umm al-Qura University .
The Shaykh: Umm al-Qura .
The student: Yes.
Another student : The brother is attending a conference .
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student: for a master's or doctoral degree .
The student: for a master's degree .
Another student : for a master's degree .
The Shaykh: May Allah will it, the studies are progressing well .
The student: By Allah, we praise Allah in the principles of jurisprudence, for he has limited the issues of usul al-fiqh that have no jurisprudential fruit .
The Shaykh: Who is the professor of the subject .
The student: The supervisor is an Egyptian doctor from al-Azhar, Dr. Salah Shalabi .
The Shaykh: An Azhari .
The student: Yes, indeed, an Azhari .
The Shaykh: No, he is not close to me, and perhaps he is a Salafi ?
The student: By Allah, up to now it has not become clear to me .
The Shaykh: It has not become clear .
The student: It has not become clear to me .
The Shaykh: And a long time has passed since he was studying there, and it is not recent .
The student: No, no, he has been there a long time .
The Shaykh: He has .
The student: Yes.
Another student : Is Shaykh Shalabi ?
The student: Dr. Salah Shalabi .
Another student : He is not well known .
The student: Yes, indeed, he is no different from Ahmad Shalabi the historian; the Shalabi family is large, as if it were .
The Shaykh: We praise Him constantly, praise be to Allah .
The questioner: All right, Shaykh, do you allow us to present some issues? May Allah preserve you. Shaykh, regarding the unique transmission of a trustworthy narrator, if he transmits a hadith uniquely, does the hadith become defective due to this unique transmission or not, and is there a disagreement?
The Shaykh: Does it have no contradicting narration?
The questioner: It has no contradicting narration .
The Shaykh: And is he trustworthy?
The questioner: And he is trustworthy .
The Shaykh: It is not permissible to declare the hadith defective, even if the narrator is trustworthy, but that fact is clarified. However, this clarification does not constitute a defect. It only becomes a defect if he contradicts someone more trustworthy than him, or if the number of those contradicting him is greater. As for mere unique transmission, as Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The anomalous hadith is not when a trustworthy narrator transmits what no one else has transmitted, but rather the anomalous hadith is when a trustworthy narrator transmits what contradicts someone more trustworthy than him or a greater number." Yes, this is mentioned in the books of terminology, including the book *Ikhtisar 'Ulum al-Hadith* by al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi.
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