What is the authenticity of the report attributed to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal that he said about Yahya ibn al-'Ala' that he is a liar who fabricates hadiths?
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The questioner : Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal wrote that Yahya ibn al-'Ala' is a liar who fabricates hadiths.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal wrote that Yahya ibn al-'Ala' is a liar who fabricates hadiths.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And what is behind this question?
The questioner : I just wanted to know if it is fabricated or merely weak?
The Shaykh : What is it? May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is it.
The questioner : The one that is.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, did I not give you the answer that it is a hadith that is not valid?
The questioner : It is not valid, yes, it is fabricated, meaning.
The Shaykh : Did I not give you the answer?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what do you mean by saying that the Imam...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal wrote that Yahya ibn al-'Ala' is a liar who fabricates hadiths.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And what is behind this question?
The questioner : I just wanted to know if it is fabricated or merely weak?
The Shaykh : What is it? May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is it.
The questioner : The one that is
We returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad
رجعنا من الجهاد الأصغر إلى الجهاد الأكبرThe Shaykh : May Allah guide you, did I not give you the answer that it is a hadith that is not valid?
The questioner : It is not valid, yes, it is fabricated, meaning.
The Shaykh : Did I not give you the answer?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what do you mean by saying that the Imam...
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