Discussion of the chain of narration of the hadith and his commentary on al-Mundhiri’s remarks.

The Shaykh : In this hadith, there is a discussion regarding its chain of narration that the author pointed out, but he concluded that the hadith is hasan; that is, it is established at a level below the level of validity. This level is known among hadith scholars as the level of hasan. The reason is that it contains a man named Ja'far ibn Sulayman al-Dab'i. Although he is one of the narrators in Muslim, some scholars, such as al-Daraqutni and others, have spoken about him regarding his memorization. In reality, when a researcher studies the biography of this narrator, Ja'far ibn Sulayman, he finds similar remarks about his weakness. However, this does not invalidate his hadith; it does not place it in the level of weakness where it cannot be used as evidence and its narration is not permissible except with an explanation of its weakness. Rather, it lowers his hadith from the level of validity to the level of hasan. But I personally indicated and marked this hadith in this book as sahih; and that is because I found a corroborating narration for it. With this corroborating narration, it rose from the level of hasan to the level of sahih.