How is a weak hadith strengthened?
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The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : You mentioned that it is possible for a weak hadith to be strengthened by itself in one of your books?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Do you mean strengthening through the chains of narration or through corroborating narrations?
The Shaykh : Through the chains of narration.
"Do not wage war against my heart with your eyes, *** For two weak ones overcome a strong one."
Do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, do you know from the Noble Qur'an that the testimony of a woman is half that of a man? So if eight women overcome two men, it is because their testimony is stronger. This is the case. The testimony of a woman is half. So is this weak? Does a legal right become established by the testimony of one woman? The answer is no. But if it is joined with... it is strengthened. And if two other women are joined with it, it becomes even stronger, and so on. The scholars of hadith, when they said that a hadith is strengthened by its chains, took that from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Peace be upon you.
The questioner : You mentioned that it is possible for a weak hadith to be strengthened by itself in one of your books?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Do you mean strengthening through the chains of narration or through corroborating narrations?
The Shaykh : Through the chains of narration.
"Do not wage war against my heart with your eyes, *** For two weak ones overcome a strong one."
Do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, do you know from the Noble Qur'an that the testimony of a woman is half that of a man? So if eight women overcome two men, it is because their testimony is stronger. This is the case. The testimony of a woman is half. So is this weak? Does a legal right become established by the testimony of one woman? The answer is no. But if it is joined with... it is strengthened. And if two other women are joined with it, it becomes even stronger, and so on. The scholars of hadith, when they said that a hadith is strengthened by its chains, took that from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Peace be upon you.
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