What is the methodology by which a mursal hadith is elevated to the rank of hasan or sahih?
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The questioner : The hadith in the Sahih here is mursal.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It needs another marfu' hadith to strengthen it, and not otherwise.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So now, all the hadiths you mention, you attribute them to, for example, al-Haythami and so on.
The Shaykh : Leave me alone... What are all the hadiths?
The questioner : Now...
The Shaykh : Do not repeat the words.
The questioner : I did not understand the question.
The Shaykh : I did not understand the last statement.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You say all the hadiths, you attribute them, leave the word "all the hadiths," what do you attribute them to?
The questioner : No, you attribute the hadith itself.
The Shaykh : You attribute them, feminine.
The questioner : Yes, so you go back, you made a mistake in the wording.
The Shaykh : No, I made a mistake in the thought, repeat this, it is mursal.
The questioner : Mursal, yes.
The Shaykh : Resemblance.
The questioner : Mursal, correct.
The Shaykh : What kind of similarity?
The questioner : Now I said here that in the sum of its routes, it is hasan.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So this mursal needs a marfu' one to become sahih, to become hasan.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what are the sum of the routes? Are they mawquf?
The questioner : Just the sum.
The Shaykh: Answer the question, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, they are not mawquf.
The Shaykh : What do you want, other than marfu'?
The questioner : But here, it is not established, meaning all the hadiths, the marfu' ones here, you say as al-Haythami said.
The Shaykh : Leave... What is this, marfu' or mawquf?
The questioner : Marfu'.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is your request.
The questioner : But we did not stop at them, Shaykh, they are all attributed to al-Haythami and others.
The Shaykh : My brother, you are at a point, you are at a point, summarize, what is your objection to this mursal hadith?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Does it have corroborating narrations or not?
The questioner : It has corroborating narrations.
The Shaykh : Do these corroborating narrations not please you?
The questioner : No, they please me, but our Shaykh, you attribute them all to al-Haythami.
The Shaykh : What do you attribute them to? What does it matter to me whether you attribute them or not?
The questioner : But I did not come across their chains of narration, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And if for every hadith, I or you or the most knowledgeable among us or the least knowledgeable among us, if Imam al-Bukhari says its chain is sahih.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We did not come across the chain, we do not accept his statement.
The questioner : You do not accept it, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Be patient, he said, al-Hafiz ibn Hajar said its chain is sahih, we did not come across its chain, we accept it.
The questioner : We accept it.
The Shaykh : Okay, al-Haythami said, and so on, do we accept it or not?
The questioner : It is... simple, but.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That you often follow up on al-Haythami's statements, meaning for example you say al-Haythami mentioned.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, do you follow up on al-Bukhari?
The questioner : That is fine, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, so then, my brother, may Allah guide you, rest now, I understood what your objection is, the later scholar cannot do without benefiting from the earlier scholar.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Unless it becomes clear to him that the earlier scholar made a mistake.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And I am upon this, meaning I live upon this and I die upon this, and I will be resurrected upon it, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, the cure for ignorance is asking, I did not understand this, I am asking you about it, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : I say I did not understand this topic, so I asked you about it, meaning.
The Shaykh : I did not understand it now.
The questioner : No, I did not understand it previously, so you benefit from you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What do you want to benefit from now?
The questioner : Now I interrupted you in your speech, complete it, our Shaykh, if you allow, I said I live upon it and I die upon it, from the aspect of, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The questioner : Now I have taken the benefit, the topic is finished.
The Shaykh : The topic is finished.
The questioner : But I think you wanted to complete it, but I interrupted you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is fine, but I understood up to here.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I said I live upon it and I die upon it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Based on the rule I mentioned to you just now, and this is a rule that knowledge and sound intellect imply, contrary to many of the youth who have spent years in this knowledge, wanting to reach the authenticity of every hadith by their own method, and they will not be able to find a way to that, they will not.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So I grew up on this straight path, and praise be to Allah, but this does not prevent me from returning from the mistake of the one who was mistaken, whom I was following in his mistake due to my lack of knowledge of it, so when it becomes clear to me that he made a mistake, I quickly return, and there is no shame or disgrace, and I do not ask about the disgracefulness.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It needs another marfu' hadith to strengthen it, and not otherwise.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So now, all the hadiths you mention, you attribute them to, for example, al-Haythami and so on.
The Shaykh : Leave me alone... What are all the hadiths?
The questioner : Now...
The Shaykh : Do not repeat the words.
The questioner : I did not understand the question.
The Shaykh : I did not understand the last statement.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You say all the hadiths, you attribute them, leave the word "all the hadiths," what do you attribute them to?
The questioner : No, you attribute the hadith itself.
The Shaykh : You attribute them, feminine.
The questioner : Yes, so you go back, you made a mistake in the wording.
The Shaykh : No, I made a mistake in the thought, repeat this, it is mursal.
The questioner : Mursal, yes.
The Shaykh : Resemblance.
The questioner : Mursal, correct.
The Shaykh : What kind of similarity?
The questioner : Now I said here that in the sum of its routes, it is hasan.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So this mursal needs a marfu' one to become sahih, to become hasan.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what are the sum of the routes? Are they mawquf?
The questioner : Just the sum.
The Shaykh: Answer the question, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, they are not mawquf.
The Shaykh : What do you want, other than marfu'?
The questioner : But here, it is not established, meaning all the hadiths, the marfu' ones here, you say as al-Haythami said.
The Shaykh : Leave... What is this, marfu' or mawquf?
The questioner : Marfu'.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is your request.
The questioner : But we did not stop at them, Shaykh, they are all attributed to al-Haythami and others.
The Shaykh : My brother, you are at a point, you are at a point, summarize, what is your objection to this mursal hadith?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Does it have corroborating narrations or not?
The questioner : It has corroborating narrations.
The Shaykh : Do these corroborating narrations not please you?
The questioner : No, they please me, but our Shaykh, you attribute them all to al-Haythami.
The Shaykh : What do you attribute them to? What does it matter to me whether you attribute them or not?
The questioner : But I did not come across their chains of narration, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And if for every hadith, I or you or the most knowledgeable among us or the least knowledgeable among us, if Imam al-Bukhari says its chain is sahih.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We did not come across the chain, we do not accept his statement.
The questioner : You do not accept it, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Be patient, he said, al-Hafiz ibn Hajar said its chain is sahih, we did not come across its chain, we accept it.
The questioner : We accept it.
The Shaykh : Okay, al-Haythami said, and so on, do we accept it or not?
The questioner : It is... simple, but.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That you often follow up on al-Haythami's statements, meaning for example you say al-Haythami mentioned.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, do you follow up on al-Bukhari?
The questioner : That is fine, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, so then, my brother, may Allah guide you, rest now, I understood what your objection is, the later scholar cannot do without benefiting from the earlier scholar.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Unless it becomes clear to him that the earlier scholar made a mistake.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And I am upon this, meaning I live upon this and I die upon this, and I will be resurrected upon it, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, the cure for ignorance is asking, I did not understand this, I am asking you about it, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : I say I did not understand this topic, so I asked you about it, meaning.
The Shaykh : I did not understand it now.
The questioner : No, I did not understand it previously, so you benefit from you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What do you want to benefit from now?
The questioner : Now I interrupted you in your speech, complete it, our Shaykh, if you allow, I said I live upon it and I die upon it, from the aspect of, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The questioner : Now I have taken the benefit, the topic is finished.
The Shaykh : The topic is finished.
The questioner : But I think you wanted to complete it, but I interrupted you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is fine, but I understood up to here.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I said I live upon it and I die upon it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Based on the rule I mentioned to you just now, and this is a rule that knowledge and sound intellect imply, contrary to many of the youth who have spent years in this knowledge, wanting to reach the authenticity of every hadith by their own method, and they will not be able to find a way to that, they will not.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So I grew up on this straight path, and praise be to Allah, but this does not prevent me from returning from the mistake of the one who was mistaken, whom I was following in his mistake due to my lack of knowledge of it, so when it becomes clear to me that he made a mistake, I quickly return, and there is no shame or disgrace, and I do not ask about the disgracefulness.
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