Discussion on the weakness of the story of the Gharaniq.
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The Shaykh : The clearest and strongest example of what we are saying is the hadith of the story of the Gharaniq. All of you know the story of the Gharaniq, and believing in it leads to doubt about every hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and even about his Qur'an which Allah revealed to him.
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The questioner : ... O Shaykh, is this permissible?
The Shaykh: ... Yes?
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The Shaykh : This question is an interjected continuation; because they preceded you.
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The Shaykh : We were discussing the use of the mursal hadith as evidence... and mentioning some of the evidence that it is not permissible to use the mursal as evidence... until the reality and examination of the mursal hadiths testify that it is not possible to make a general statement about using the mursal hadith as evidence. One of the examples of this is the hadith of the story of the Gharaniq, in which it is stated that Satan spoke on the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "Those are the noble Gharaniq, and their intercession is to be hoped for." And the completion of this great catastrophe in this hadith is that they claimed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) uttered this Satanic verse, and he did not know what had come out of his mouth until Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surat al-Najm to him until he reached this inserted verse, and Jibril said to him: "This is not what you recited to me; where did you get this verse from?" Here, the Messenger became aware, after a delay, that Satan had spoken on his tongue, rather than Allah having revealed this to him. And the Messenger of Allah did not know until he repeated the recitation to Jibril. Is there any Muslim on the face of the earth who believes in such a great catastrophe? I do not think so.
But there is a mursal hadith with a sound chain, and there are mursal hadiths with sound chains, some from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, and some from Abu al-'Aliyah. I do not remember other mursal hadiths now, but they are all mursal hadiths with sound chains, and they are all similar to this great catastrophe. So whoever says that the mursal hadith is evidence, he must attribute this catastrophe to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And if he does that, he will exit Islam just as a hair comes out of dough.
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The questioner : ... O Shaykh, is this permissible?
The Shaykh: ... Yes?
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The Shaykh : This question is an interjected continuation; because they preceded you.
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The Shaykh : We were discussing the use of the mursal hadith as evidence... and mentioning some of the evidence that it is not permissible to use the mursal as evidence... until the reality and examination of the mursal hadiths testify that it is not possible to make a general statement about using the mursal hadith as evidence. One of the examples of this is the hadith of the story of the Gharaniq, in which it is stated that Satan spoke on the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "Those are the noble Gharaniq, and their intercession is to be hoped for." And the completion of this great catastrophe in this hadith is that they claimed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) uttered this Satanic verse, and he did not know what had come out of his mouth until Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surat al-Najm to him until he reached this inserted verse, and Jibril said to him: "This is not what you recited to me; where did you get this verse from?" Here, the Messenger became aware, after a delay, that Satan had spoken on his tongue, rather than Allah having revealed this to him. And the Messenger of Allah did not know until he repeated the recitation to Jibril. Is there any Muslim on the face of the earth who believes in such a great catastrophe? I do not think so.
But there is a mursal hadith with a sound chain, and there are mursal hadiths with sound chains, some from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, and some from Abu al-'Aliyah. I do not remember other mursal hadiths now, but they are all mursal hadiths with sound chains, and they are all similar to this great catastrophe. So whoever says that the mursal hadith is evidence, he must attribute this catastrophe to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And if he does that, he will exit Islam just as a hair comes out of dough.
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