Why did you take issue with al-Kawthari for weakening hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari, when you yourselves weaken some hadiths in the two Sahihs?
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The questioner : Well, O honorable Shaykh, what did you deny in the introduction to al-Kawthari’s commentary on the Tahaawi Creed?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That there are hadiths he criticized in the two Sahihs.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : So... here in Riyadh, they say that you too have weakened some hadiths in al-Bukhari and Muslim?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : So how did you criticize al-Kawthari, when you, O honorable Shaykh, have weakened some hadiths, very few indeed?
The Shaykh : First of all, we did not criticize some hadiths in the Sahih, in al-Bukhari or Muslim, in the manner of Zayd al-Kawthari’s criticism. He criticizes them because they contradict his Maturidi creed and school of thought.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for us, if we criticize, we proceed from the scientific principles of hadith.
... I only referred there in the introduction to al-Kawthari’s criticism and his disparagement of some hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon, in response to al-Kawthari’s junior follower, who took issue with me only because I say, in the tracing of the hadiths of the Tahaawi commentary, before each hadith, that it is authentic
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : or that it is good.
The questioner : ... authentic
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is your response to this?
The Shaykh : My response to this, you will find it there. The important thing is that I responded to him. You are taking issue with me.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Do you not take issue with your Shaykh, who criticized hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon and which had never been disparaged before? There is a vast difference between me and him. As the poet said long ago,
"This difference between us is sufficient for you *** And every vessel emits what is in it"
There is a difference between al-Kawthari, for example, and al-Daraqutni when he criticized Muslim in three hundred hadiths.
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : It is not said, "Why did he criticize them?" because he criticized them based on the principles of hadith.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : As for al-Kawthari, he criticized them based on his personal whims. There is a vast difference between this and that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That there are hadiths he criticized in the two Sahihs.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : So... here in Riyadh, they say that you too have weakened some hadiths in al-Bukhari and Muslim?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : So how did you criticize al-Kawthari, when you, O honorable Shaykh, have weakened some hadiths, very few indeed?
The Shaykh : First of all, we did not criticize some hadiths in the Sahih, in al-Bukhari or Muslim, in the manner of Zayd al-Kawthari’s criticism. He criticizes them because they contradict his Maturidi creed and school of thought.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for us, if we criticize, we proceed from the scientific principles of hadith.
... I only referred there in the introduction to al-Kawthari’s criticism and his disparagement of some hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon, in response to al-Kawthari’s junior follower, who took issue with me only because I say, in the tracing of the hadiths of the Tahaawi commentary, before each hadith, that it is authentic
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : or that it is good.
The questioner : ... authentic
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is your response to this?
The Shaykh : My response to this, you will find it there. The important thing is that I responded to him. You are taking issue with me.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Do you not take issue with your Shaykh, who criticized hadiths whose authenticity is agreed upon and which had never been disparaged before? There is a vast difference between me and him. As the poet said long ago,
"This difference between us is sufficient for you *** And every vessel emits what is in it"
There is a difference between al-Kawthari, for example, and al-Daraqutni when he criticized Muslim in three hundred hadiths.
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : It is not said, "Why did he criticize them?" because he criticized them based on the principles of hadith.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : As for al-Kawthari, he criticized them based on his personal whims. There is a vast difference between this and that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.