You took issue with al-Kawthari for weakening hadiths in "Sahih al-Bukhari," while you yourselves weaken some hadiths in "the two Sahihs"; what is your response?
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The questioner: Well, His Eminence the Shaykh, what you mentioned in the introduction to "Sharh al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah" by al-Kawthari.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And that there are hadiths he criticized in "the two Sahihs."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So do ... we have here in Riyadh people saying that you too have weakened some hadiths in al-Bukhari and Muslim?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So how did you criticize al-Kawthari, when you, His Eminence the Shaykh, have weakened a very small number of hadiths?
The Shaykh: First of all, we did not criticize some hadiths in the Sahih of al-Bukhari or Muslim in the manner of Zayd al-Kawthari's criticism; he criticizes them because they contradict his belief and his Maturidi school.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: As for us, if we criticize, we proceed from the scientific principles of hadith. I only referred there in the introduction to al-Kawthari's criticism and his disparagement of some hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon, in response to his follower "al-Kawthari al-Saghir"; for he took issue with me only because I say, in the takhrij of the hadiths of "Sharh al-Tahawiyyah," before each hadith: "Sahih."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Or I say: "Hasan."
The questioner : Yes, correct.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: What is your response to this?
The Shaykh: My response to this can be found there; the important thing is that I responded to him, and you are taking issue with me.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh: Do you not take issue with your Shaykh, who criticized hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon and which had never been disparaged before? The difference between me and him is vast! And as the poet said long ago:
"This difference between us is sufficient for you *** And every vessel emits what is in it"
There is a difference between al-Kawthari, for example, and al-Daraqutni when he criticized Muslim in three hundred hadiths.
The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: It is not said: Why did he criticize him? Because he criticized him based on the principles of hadith.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh: As for al-Kawthari, he criticized him based on his personal desires; the difference between these two is vast!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And that there are hadiths he criticized in "the two Sahihs."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So do ... we have here in Riyadh people saying that you too have weakened some hadiths in al-Bukhari and Muslim?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So how did you criticize al-Kawthari, when you, His Eminence the Shaykh, have weakened a very small number of hadiths?
The Shaykh: First of all, we did not criticize some hadiths in the Sahih of al-Bukhari or Muslim in the manner of Zayd al-Kawthari's criticism; he criticizes them because they contradict his belief and his Maturidi school.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: As for us, if we criticize, we proceed from the scientific principles of hadith. I only referred there in the introduction to al-Kawthari's criticism and his disparagement of some hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon, in response to his follower "al-Kawthari al-Saghir"; for he took issue with me only because I say, in the takhrij of the hadiths of "Sharh al-Tahawiyyah," before each hadith: "Sahih."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Or I say: "Hasan."
The questioner : Yes, correct.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: What is your response to this?
The Shaykh: My response to this can be found there; the important thing is that I responded to him, and you are taking issue with me.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh: Do you not take issue with your Shaykh, who criticized hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon and which had never been disparaged before? The difference between me and him is vast! And as the poet said long ago:
"This difference between us is sufficient for you *** And every vessel emits what is in it"
There is a difference between al-Kawthari, for example, and al-Daraqutni when he criticized Muslim in three hundred hadiths.
The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: It is not said: Why did he criticize him? Because he criticized him based on the principles of hadith.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh: As for al-Kawthari, he criticized him based on his personal desires; the difference between these two is vast!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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