What is the authenticity of the hadiths regarding the Abdal?
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The questioner : The Abdal, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The Abdal?
The Shaykh : The Abdal?
The truth is that I have traced many of the hadiths regarding the Abdal, particularly in the third volume of "Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifah" (The Chain of Weak Hadiths), which we were recently encouraged to publish in a country where there is no printer that encourages me. But as it is said, "The drowning man clings to the threads of the moon." In this volume, in addition to the second volume, there are some hadiths related to the Abdal. As for this third volume, it contains about ten hadiths regarding the Abdal that range between fabrication and weakness. Therefore, scientific hadith research leads a person to two things:
The first thing is that one cannot say that a hadith mentioning this name, the Abdal, is an authentic or good hadith; one does not reach that conclusion.
And the other truth is that the prevalence of all the hadiths mentioning the Abdal makes the soul feel at ease that there are Abdal among the Muslims or the Muslim community. This is confirmed by the usage of hadith scholars, not the Sufis who know nothing of their religion except the Abdal, the Aqtub, the Anbiya, and the like. These hadith scholars use the word Abdal in their biographies of hadith narrators, saying: So-and-so—for example—is trustworthy, truthful, and so on, and he was among the Abdal. They repeat this...
...It is not something that can be said based on opinion and independent legal reasoning. It is not among the unseen matters that we are certain he received from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is possible that this is independent legal reasoning and opinion, especially since there is in the Sunnah what contradicts this. The hadith of that Bedouin whom the Messenger (peace be upon him) met while he was... and had put on a jubbah while in the state of ihram, so he said to him:Muwatta Malik 20:20. He made a mistake, so he did not order him to do anything.
Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The Abdal?
The Shaykh : The Abdal?
The truth is that I have traced many of the hadiths regarding the Abdal, particularly in the third volume of "Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifah" (The Chain of Weak Hadiths), which we were recently encouraged to publish in a country where there is no printer that encourages me. But as it is said, "The drowning man clings to the threads of the moon." In this volume, in addition to the second volume, there are some hadiths related to the Abdal. As for this third volume, it contains about ten hadiths regarding the Abdal that range between fabrication and weakness. Therefore, scientific hadith research leads a person to two things:
The first thing is that one cannot say that a hadith mentioning this name, the Abdal, is an authentic or good hadith; one does not reach that conclusion.
And the other truth is that the prevalence of all the hadiths mentioning the Abdal makes the soul feel at ease that there are Abdal among the Muslims or the Muslim community. This is confirmed by the usage of hadith scholars, not the Sufis who know nothing of their religion except the Abdal, the Aqtub, the Anbiya, and the like. These hadith scholars use the word Abdal in their biographies of hadith narrators, saying: So-and-so—for example—is trustworthy, truthful, and so on, and he was among the Abdal. They repeat this...
...It is not something that can be said based on opinion and independent legal reasoning. It is not among the unseen matters that we are certain he received from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is possible that this is independent legal reasoning and opinion, especially since there is in the Sunnah what contradicts this. The hadith of that Bedouin whom the Messenger (peace be upon him) met while he was... and had put on a jubbah while in the state of ihram, so he said to him:
Take off your shirt and wash off this yellowness and do in umra as you would do on hajj.
انزع عنك جبَّتك ، وافعل في عمرتك ما تفعل في حجكYes.
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