The questioner : Shaykh, al-Shafi'i says: "A trustworthy man, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Yahya al-Aslami, told me. He said: A trustworthy man told me, and he is from..."
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The questioner : Shaykh, al-Shafi'i says: "A trustworthy man, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Yahya al-Aslami, told me. He said: A trustworthy man told me, and he is from..." This is a weak narrator. I read this in the biography of Imam Ahmad in *Tarikh al-Islam* by al-Dhahabi. It quotes from 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad, who said: "When al-Shafi'i says: 'A trustworthy man told me,' it is from his father." So what does that mean now?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best. How is it from his father? Al-Shafi'i narrates from 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad—leave it alone—al-Shafi'i narrates from 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad from Ahmad?
The questioner : Al-Shafi'i.
The Shaykh : Does al-Shafi'i narrate from Abu 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad, meaning from Imam Ahmad?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of the phrase you are asking about? If he says "A trustworthy man told me," who is meant by the phrase?
The questioner : In the phrase mentioned by 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad.
The Shaykh : What do you want from the one you mentioned? What did you say just now?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Who is meant?
The questioner : Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Aslami.
The Shaykh : If al-Shafi'i says "A trustworthy man told me," who is the trustworthy man? Ibrahim.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Well, what is your question?
The questioner : My question.
The Shaykh : We sit here on the way.
The questioner : No, my Shaykh, but they are raising the sidewalk.
The Shaykh : How are they raising it?
The student : Because, my Shaykh, with the tarring, the sidewalk becomes, meaning, slightly higher, so they remove the old one and put in a new one with new blocks...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : My question is about the statement of 'Abd Allah ibn Imam Ahmad: "Everything in al-Shafi'i's book where it says 'A trustworthy man informed us' is from his father?"
The Shaykh : From his father?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : How is it from his father?
The questioner : Meaning from Abu Hamd ibn Hanbal.
The Shaykh : No, I am asking you. May Allah guide you. There is no power or strength except in Allah.
The Shaykh : What is the book you have in your hand?
The questioner : The biography of Imam Ahmad from *Tarikh al-Islam* by al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi.
The Shaykh : Okay, and did you return to *Tarikh al-Islam*?
The questioner : By al-Dhahabi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : No, I did not return to it.
The Shaykh : This is not known among the scholars of hadith, first of all. And it appears there is an omission. Imam Ahmad was a student of al-Shafi'i, and al-Shafi'i was his teacher, so how can the case be reversed here?
The questioner : May Allah reward you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Oh God.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. I am going down.
The questioner : No, it is not a narration from the juniors to the seniors.
The Shaykh : When you establish the text, then you pose the question.
The Shaykh : Allah knows best. How is it from his father? Al-Shafi'i narrates from 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad—leave it alone—al-Shafi'i narrates from 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad from Ahmad?
The questioner : Al-Shafi'i.
The Shaykh : Does al-Shafi'i narrate from Abu 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad, meaning from Imam Ahmad?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of the phrase you are asking about? If he says "A trustworthy man told me," who is meant by the phrase?
The questioner : In the phrase mentioned by 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad.
The Shaykh : What do you want from the one you mentioned? What did you say just now?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Who is meant?
The questioner : Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Aslami.
The Shaykh : If al-Shafi'i says "A trustworthy man told me," who is the trustworthy man? Ibrahim.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Well, what is your question?
The questioner : My question.
The Shaykh : We sit here on the way.
The questioner : No, my Shaykh, but they are raising the sidewalk.
The Shaykh : How are they raising it?
The student : Because, my Shaykh, with the tarring, the sidewalk becomes, meaning, slightly higher, so they remove the old one and put in a new one with new blocks...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : My question is about the statement of 'Abd Allah ibn Imam Ahmad: "Everything in al-Shafi'i's book where it says 'A trustworthy man informed us' is from his father?"
The Shaykh : From his father?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : How is it from his father?
The questioner : Meaning from Abu Hamd ibn Hanbal.
The Shaykh : No, I am asking you. May Allah guide you. There is no power or strength except in Allah.
The Shaykh : What is the book you have in your hand?
The questioner : The biography of Imam Ahmad from *Tarikh al-Islam* by al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi.
The Shaykh : Okay, and did you return to *Tarikh al-Islam*?
The questioner : By al-Dhahabi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : No, I did not return to it.
The Shaykh : This is not known among the scholars of hadith, first of all. And it appears there is an omission. Imam Ahmad was a student of al-Shafi'i, and al-Shafi'i was his teacher, so how can the case be reversed here?
The questioner : May Allah reward you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Oh God.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. I am going down.
The questioner : No, it is not a narration from the juniors to the seniors.
The Shaykh : When you establish the text, then you pose the question.
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