When Imam al-Tirmidhi says, "This is a strange hadith," we find in your books that you say, "This is a weak hadith." Is this a general rule?
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The questioner : Regarding another issue.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Regarding another issue.
The Shaykh : Clarify, clarify.
The questioner : I am saying, regarding another issue.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And that is when Imam al-Tirmidhi says, "This is a strange hadith," we find that you mean in your books you say, "This is a weak hadith." Is this a general rule?
The Shaykh : No, we have said in many of our studies that strangeness may coexist with authenticity or may be separate from it. The criterion in this is to distinguish between a strange but authentic hadith and a strange but weak hadith. We return to the narrator who transmitted the hadith uniquely. If he is trustworthy, a memorizer, and precise, it is a strange but authentic hadith; otherwise, it is weak.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Regarding another issue.
The Shaykh : Clarify, clarify.
The questioner : I am saying, regarding another issue.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And that is when Imam al-Tirmidhi says, "This is a strange hadith," we find that you mean in your books you say, "This is a weak hadith." Is this a general rule?
The Shaykh : No, we have said in many of our studies that strangeness may coexist with authenticity or may be separate from it. The criterion in this is to distinguish between a strange but authentic hadith and a strange but weak hadith. We return to the narrator who transmitted the hadith uniquely. If he is trustworthy, a memorizer, and precise, it is a strange but authentic hadith; otherwise, it is weak.
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