regarding the authenticity of the mawquf hadith of Hudhayfah and the hadith of al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with both of them)?
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The questioner : Is there room for questions?
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, today we attended the sermon at Salah al-Din Mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And Shaykh Muhammad mentioned the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The hadith, you are mentioning in *The Description of the Prophet's Prayer* or in *Sahih al-Targhib* that it is mawquf.
The Shaykh : It is from the words of Hudhayfah.
The questioner : Which Hudhayfah and ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But you say that it has been authenticated as marfu'.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Al-Tabarani, Abu Ya'la, al-Ajri, and al-Diya' al-Maqdisi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... Ibn Hazm, and Ibn Khuzaymah authenticated it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Where is the hasan hadith found in these sources? Because in the chain itself, there are two unknown narrators: Abu Salih al-As'ari and Abu 'Abd Allah al-As'ari?
The Shaykh : You are asking where it is found, and I am telling you the sources.
The questioner : Yes, but it is not a chain that is authentic in itself, or authentic in itself, because in the chain there is Abu Salih al-As'ari, and the Hafiz said about him that he is acceptable?
The Shaykh : Do not rush, my brother, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : Is your question about the mawquf hadith of Hudhayfah?
The questioner : No, this is in al-Bukhari.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I am asking you, is it in al-Bukhari or not in al-Bukhari?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : If it were, why are you saying it is in al-Bukhari? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : You are prolonging the explanation for us and wasting our time.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is your question about the hadith of Hudhayfah or about the hasan hadith?
The questioner : About the hasan hadith.
The Shaykh : You asked me about the sources, and the sources are before you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is the meaning of this question when the answer is in the book?
The questioner : Okay, some of the students of knowledge we have in the mosque asked us, and they said that in the chain of the hadith, meaning the hadith ... through one path, through one way, and in the chain there is Abu Salih al-As'ari and Abu 'Abd Allah al-As'ari.
The Shaykh : By Allah, your problem is a problem, O students.
The questioner : Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh : Whenever one person understands something of the knowledge.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ... and you sit and waste our time.
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It has been fifty or sixty years that we have been working in this knowledge.
The questioner : But ... I.
The Shaykh : My brother, this is a job that does not end, whenever one person comes and says to you, by Allah, this chain has so-and-so in it, okay, what did he derive from that there is a second chain? What did he derive from that this one about whom it was said he is acceptable.
The questioner : This ... .
The Shaykh : This is an illusion, what did he derive?
The questioner : I am the one who told him ...
The Shaykh : No, so why are you wasting my time now, the moment a student came and whispered to you and said to you this talk.
The questioner : By Allah, I want to learn, O Shaykh, I want to know the hadith, meaning is it authentic or weak, that is all.
The Shaykh : The knowledge is before you, this hadith is hasan.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the one who says so-and-so is in it and so-and-so is in it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is said to him, increase in knowledge and may Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : By Allah, we loved it.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, today we attended the sermon at Salah al-Din Mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And Shaykh Muhammad mentioned the hadith
If this person died in this state, he died upon other than the religion of Muhammad
لو مات هذا على حاله هذه مات على غير ملة محمدThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The hadith, you are mentioning in *The Description of the Prophet's Prayer* or in *Sahih al-Targhib* that it is mawquf.
The Shaykh : It is from the words of Hudhayfah.
The questioner : Which Hudhayfah and ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But you say that it has been authenticated as marfu'.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Al-Tabarani, Abu Ya'la, al-Ajri, and al-Diya' al-Maqdisi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... Ibn Hazm, and Ibn Khuzaymah authenticated it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Where is the hasan hadith found in these sources? Because in the chain itself, there are two unknown narrators: Abu Salih al-As'ari and Abu 'Abd Allah al-As'ari?
The Shaykh : You are asking where it is found, and I am telling you the sources.
The questioner : Yes, but it is not a chain that is authentic in itself, or authentic in itself, because in the chain there is Abu Salih al-As'ari, and the Hafiz said about him that he is acceptable?
The Shaykh : Do not rush, my brother, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : Is your question about the mawquf hadith of Hudhayfah?
The questioner : No, this is in al-Bukhari.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I am asking you, is it in al-Bukhari or not in al-Bukhari?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : If it were, why are you saying it is in al-Bukhari? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : You are prolonging the explanation for us and wasting our time.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is your question about the hadith of Hudhayfah or about the hasan hadith?
The questioner : About the hasan hadith.
The Shaykh : You asked me about the sources, and the sources are before you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is the meaning of this question when the answer is in the book?
The questioner : Okay, some of the students of knowledge we have in the mosque asked us, and they said that in the chain of the hadith, meaning the hadith ... through one path, through one way, and in the chain there is Abu Salih al-As'ari and Abu 'Abd Allah al-As'ari.
The Shaykh : By Allah, your problem is a problem, O students.
The questioner : Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh : Whenever one person understands something of the knowledge.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ... and you sit and waste our time.
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It has been fifty or sixty years that we have been working in this knowledge.
The questioner : But ... I.
The Shaykh : My brother, this is a job that does not end, whenever one person comes and says to you, by Allah, this chain has so-and-so in it, okay, what did he derive from that there is a second chain? What did he derive from that this one about whom it was said he is acceptable.
The questioner : This ... .
The Shaykh : This is an illusion, what did he derive?
The questioner : I am the one who told him ...
The Shaykh : No, so why are you wasting my time now, the moment a student came and whispered to you and said to you this talk.
The questioner : By Allah, I want to learn, O Shaykh, I want to know the hadith, meaning is it authentic or weak, that is all.
The Shaykh : The knowledge is before you, this hadith is hasan.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the one who says so-and-so is in it and so-and-so is in it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is said to him, increase in knowledge and may Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : By Allah, we loved it.