Mentioning some issues in the critique and vindication of narrators, and the reasons for criticizing the chain and the text.

The Shaykh: That al-Juzjani criticized al-A'mash and Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, so they refute the criticism by saying that these are among the great memorizers.

The questioner: The Shaykh, the session.

The Shaykh: Now, in the name of Allah, I am looking at the sessions, Abu 'Abdullah, without any blame; is it because we are lost at night?

Another questioner: No, no.

The questioner : No, no, no.

The Shaykh: It is not like that.

The questioner : No, no, no.
Abu Malik: This publishing house.

The questioner: Yes, this is a new publishing house, the first thing.

The Shaykh: The point is that he is attributing a defect to these two, al-A'mash and Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, by saying that there is no doubt that this is an error; because these are among the great memorizers, so he cannot conceive in his mind that a man could be a great memorizer and a liar, not just a poor memorizer; this is proof that the man is not mature and does not understand the words of the scholars and ...

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Their precise expressions.
Abu Malik: This is ... in the text.

The Shaykh: There is Abu Yahya ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Hammani.
Abu Malik: Yes.

The Shaykh: The Hafiz says about him in al-Taqrib, "a memorizer"; I do not know if he says "a great memorizer" or not; the important thing is "a memorizer."
Are we looking?

The questioner : Straight ahead.

The Shaykh: He says about him "a memorizer," and he used to steal hadith [everyone laughs!], who is this? The Hafiz Ibn Hajar, do you see? So, a memorizer.
Abu Malik: Yes, indeed.

The Shaykh: But he steals hadith; so he is not a proof.
Abu Malik: There is no god but Allah.

The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah!
Abu Malik: In truth, from the perspective of honesty and precision in description, yes, indeed.

The Shaykh: Poor man, he comes to refute Ibn Hajar, I wish he were correct; because he is not infallible, but with great ignorance.

Another questioner: He spun the wheel immediately, my Shaykh.
Abu Malik: It would be beneficial, so what if he is not correct?

The Shaykh: Did I catch the car?