The Shaykh Al-Albani’s explanation of the methodology of the Tahrir Party in their handling of hadiths, and his clarification that their methodology is erroneous in authenticating and weakening hadiths.
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The questioner : Excuse me, they say: Is the hadith authentic?
The Shaykh: Who?
The questioner : They, if you discuss the hadith with them?
The Shaykh : Tahrir, or not?
The questioner : Yes, Tahrir.
The Shaykh : Tahrir, they say: This, if I tell them—for example—that this is a weak hadith, they say: No, it is authentic with us. We have a scientific methodology in authenticating and weakening; it is not necessary that you, for example, who authenticate and weaken, like the Hanafis, whose principle in terminology is to argue with a mursal (report missing the Companion link) hadith, contrary to the majority of the masters of hadith. When they see a mursal hadith, they argue with it, saying: We consider the mursal hadith as evidence. That is, they are taking from the Hanafi school. But they quickly turn back; when a mursal hadith is evidence against them, they turn away from it. So I said: They are doing exactly what the fanatical Hanafis did previously. This is from the practical side. But in the present age, this practical side has been recorded as principles and rules for the fanatical Hanafis in a book by a man who is one of the great Hanafi scholars of India and engaged in hadith. I think his name is al-Tahawi. He has a massive book on the principles of hadith, which was printed by Shaykh Abu Ghuddah...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Abu GhuddahAl-Halabi : He printed it in Beirut, and there was a bit of discussion between me and him. I remember the introduction we printed in the fourth edition, I think, of the commentary on the creed?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This introduction in which I responded to him regarding that unjust report he had presented. Among the words I wrote in this response, I pointed out that he had printed al-Tahawi’s book and added some annotations to it, and he made its title, after seeking the author’s permission: "Principles of Hadith." And I said: It should have been said: "Principles of Hadith according to the Hanafi School," because in the core of the book he refutes the masters of hadith in many of their rules.
The Shaykh: Who?
The questioner : They, if you discuss the hadith with them?
The Shaykh : Tahrir, or not?
The questioner : Yes, Tahrir.
The Shaykh : Tahrir, they say: This, if I tell them—for example—that this is a weak hadith, they say: No, it is authentic with us. We have a scientific methodology in authenticating and weakening; it is not necessary that you, for example, who authenticate and weaken, like the Hanafis, whose principle in terminology is to argue with a mursal (report missing the Companion link) hadith, contrary to the majority of the masters of hadith. When they see a mursal hadith, they argue with it, saying: We consider the mursal hadith as evidence. That is, they are taking from the Hanafi school. But they quickly turn back; when a mursal hadith is evidence against them, they turn away from it. So I said: They are doing exactly what the fanatical Hanafis did previously. This is from the practical side. But in the present age, this practical side has been recorded as principles and rules for the fanatical Hanafis in a book by a man who is one of the great Hanafi scholars of India and engaged in hadith. I think his name is al-Tahawi. He has a massive book on the principles of hadith, which was printed by Shaykh Abu Ghuddah...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Abu GhuddahAl-Halabi : He printed it in Beirut, and there was a bit of discussion between me and him. I remember the introduction we printed in the fourth edition, I think, of the commentary on the creed?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This introduction in which I responded to him regarding that unjust report he had presented. Among the words I wrote in this response, I pointed out that he had printed al-Tahawi’s book and added some annotations to it, and he made its title, after seeking the author’s permission: "Principles of Hadith." And I said: It should have been said: "Principles of Hadith according to the Hanafi School," because in the core of the book he refutes the masters of hadith in many of their rules.
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