Refuting the Tahrir Party, who do not permit relying on ahad hadith in matters of creed.
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The Shaykh : I say, for example, to the group of the Islamic Tahrir Party who raised the banner of their claim that it is not permissible to rely on authentic hadith in matters of creed. They say, for example, "We do not believe in the punishment of the grave because the hadith regarding it is speculative," meaning it is ahad. And they have derived from this the rejection of known creeds. I have a thesis that will be published soon, which...
The questioner : ... will be available, if Allah wills, next week.
The Shaykh : The title of the thesis, among other titles, is "The Obligation of Relying on Ahad Hadith in Matters of Creed and Refuting Those Who Disagree". We mentioned twenty arguments in refuting these people, and we concluded this thesis with examples of creeds that are established by authentic hadith that did not reach the level of mutawatir. Nevertheless, they are Islamic creeds for the majority of Muslims. Those who cling to the tail of this erroneous belief, which is that it is not permissible to rely on ahad hadith in matters of creed, are required to deny Islamic creeds.
Among the first of these creeds is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the master of the prophets. Is there a text in the Qur'an with this claim? Do you know of a clear verse that Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah is the master of the prophets?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : ... The whole matter is in several hadiths regarding this, but these hadiths did not reach the degree of mutawatir. Twenty paths, thirty paths, with thirty Companions. Nevertheless, the Muslims, praise be to Allah, believe that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the master of the prophets. Where did this creed come from? It came from ahad hadith. And for example, the ten who were given glad tidings of Paradise. Is there anyone among the general Muslims who knows them? Of course, no one; everyone knows them. Is there a verse that the ten who were given glad tidings of Paradise are Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, and so on? There is no verse. Is there a mutawatir hadith? There is no mutawatir hadith. What then? Two or three hadiths are sufficient, and the Muslims believe that these ten were given glad tidings of Paradise. And so we mentioned twenty...
The questioner : thirty...
The Shaykh : thirty creeds, all of which are Islamic creeds, and there are no mutawatir hadiths for them. So if we cling to this deviant creed, which is that it is not permissible to rely on ahad hadith in matters of creed... dozens, if not hundreds, of correct Islamic creeds
The questioner : ... will be available, if Allah wills, next week.
The Shaykh : The title of the thesis, among other titles, is "The Obligation of Relying on Ahad Hadith in Matters of Creed and Refuting Those Who Disagree". We mentioned twenty arguments in refuting these people, and we concluded this thesis with examples of creeds that are established by authentic hadith that did not reach the level of mutawatir. Nevertheless, they are Islamic creeds for the majority of Muslims. Those who cling to the tail of this erroneous belief, which is that it is not permissible to rely on ahad hadith in matters of creed, are required to deny Islamic creeds.
Among the first of these creeds is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the master of the prophets. Is there a text in the Qur'an with this claim? Do you know of a clear verse that Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah is the master of the prophets?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : ... The whole matter is in several hadiths regarding this, but these hadiths did not reach the degree of mutawatir. Twenty paths, thirty paths, with thirty Companions. Nevertheless, the Muslims, praise be to Allah, believe that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the master of the prophets. Where did this creed come from? It came from ahad hadith. And for example, the ten who were given glad tidings of Paradise. Is there anyone among the general Muslims who knows them? Of course, no one; everyone knows them. Is there a verse that the ten who were given glad tidings of Paradise are Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, and so on? There is no verse. Is there a mutawatir hadith? There is no mutawatir hadith. What then? Two or three hadiths are sufficient, and the Muslims believe that these ten were given glad tidings of Paradise. And so we mentioned twenty...
The questioner : thirty...
The Shaykh : thirty creeds, all of which are Islamic creeds, and there are no mutawatir hadiths for them. So if we cling to this deviant creed, which is that it is not permissible to rely on ahad hadith in matters of creed... dozens, if not hundreds, of correct Islamic creeds