Discussion of the suspended narrations in *Sahih Muslim*.

The Shaykh : Look over there; I don’t have my glasses with me. What do I need to ask you on this occasion? Did you speak about the suspended hadiths in *Sahih Muslim*?
Al-Halabi : No, my Shaykh. I wrote a small treatise, my Shaykh, that you will like. I titled it *Tughliq al-Ta’liq ‘ala Sahih Muslim*. In it, I collected everything he discussed in *Sahih Muslim* regarding suspended hadiths, and it appeared to me that there are only six, not fourteen.

The Shaykh : Six.
Al-Halabi : Six, and the remaining seven are also, or yes, seven, which he narrated in a connected form but with ambiguity.

The Shaykh : That is it.
Al-Halabi : So the Hafiz says this is not suspended.

The Shaykh : Yes, but he attached it to the suspended ones, meaning.
Al-Halabi : Yes, count it as attached.

The Shaykh : Yes, okay. You came to the hadith from the second section.
Al-Halabi : Which is the hadith; I will tell you what it is. It is the hadith: .

The Shaykh : Perfect.
Al-Halabi : .

The Shaykh : What did you reach?
Al-Halabi : I reached it. It has various routes, but I saw, my Shaykh, that you attributed it to Abu Ya’la and al-Hakim. I read the entire *Musnad* of Abu Musa ibn Abu Ya’la and did not find it there. I also tracked the hadiths of Abu Musa from al-Hakim, but of course, it was not a complete tracking, so I do not know if the attribution is correct?

The Shaykh : No, of course, you know that attribution is sometimes following those who came before us.
Al-Halabi : Yes.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and may Allah have mercy on him and bestow His blessings.
The attribution to Abu Ya’la is quoted from some scholars, perhaps including al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani. And indeed, the hadith is not present in the circulated, photographed copy today. It may be in the chapter of *al-Musnad al-Kabir* following Abu Ya’la. As for al-Hakim, I do not know what we relied on at that time.
Al-Halabi : But now I have re-searched and did not find it there.

The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
Al-Halabi : That means you misled...

The Shaykh : But no, there is still something. Sometimes I found that some attributions by al-Manawi and others attribute to al-Hakim and, for example, to al-Daraqutni, where the attribution implies that al-Hakim narrated it in *al-Mustadrak* and al-Daraqutni narrated it in *al-Sunan*. So, based on my experience and knowledge, it is one of two things: the first is that it is not in that book or one of the famous books intended when the attribution is made generally; the second, and this is more precise, is that a student of the two men, al-Hakim or al-Daraqutni, for example, narrated the hadith through his route.
Al-Halabi : And this is what happened with this hadith, the same, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : This is what I want to tell you. This is found in *al-Dala’il* from al-Hakim. Yes, this may be the original source we relied on in the past. Yes, indeed.
Al-Halabi : It is interesting, my Shaykh. All this is the speech of Ali ibn al-Matin. May Allah reward you with good.