Ibn al-Salah’s definition of an authentic hadith as a hadith with a connected chain of narration up to its end, so an objector might say
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The questioner: Shaykh, a point. It appears in *al-Ba’ith* as if it is from Ibn al-Salah’s definition of an authentic hadith: that it is a hadith with a connected chain of narration up to its end, so an objector might say: a hadith with a connected chain is one of the types of hadith, so taking it in the definition of an authentic hadith implies that an authentic hadith is only a hadith with a connected chain and nothing else.
The Shaykh: What is the “other”?
The questioner: It is considered, for example!
The Shaykh: What is the “other”? The best speech is what is brief and effective.
The questioner: The weak and similar to it.
The Shaykh: It is what defines an authentic hadith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: So, because he used the phrase “connected chain,” he says: the connected chain is a description shared by, meaning shared by the weak, the authentic, and others. Yes.
The Shaykh: Look at the chapter.
The Shaykh: What is the “other”?
The questioner: It is considered, for example!
The Shaykh: What is the “other”? The best speech is what is brief and effective.
The questioner: The weak and similar to it.
The Shaykh: It is what defines an authentic hadith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: So, because he used the phrase “connected chain,” he says: the connected chain is a description shared by, meaning shared by the weak, the authentic, and others. Yes.
The Shaykh: Look at the chapter.
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