Is a weak hadith accepted in the virtues of actions?
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The questioner : In one important book I read in al-Majmu', it says: There is a consensus (ijma') that a weak hadith is accepted in the virtues of actions. So I wanted to speak about the weak hadith, and there it was said that if a weak hadith comes through multiple chains, it becomes good (hasan) and is considered good. Is this correct, O Shaykh? The question has two parts.
The Shaykh : What is the first part, so that we can determine the answer?
The questioner : The first part is what al-Nawawi transmitted regarding the weak hadith: that it is accepted if there is a consensus of the scholars or a consensus of the Ummah that a weak hadith is accepted in the virtues of actions. This is one point. And the second part...
The Shaykh : That is enough. I want to answer you on the first part so that I do not forget. The first part and the second part, meaning the answer would be in vain. I do not know if you are quoting verbatim or quoting by meaning. What I know from the words of al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) is that you say he transmitted agreement (ittifaq) and not consensus (ijma'). Are you quoting verbatim or by meaning?
The questioner : It is not verbatim.
The Shaykh : That is it, because this is a valid example related to our previous discussion. There is a difference between consensus (ijma') and the agreement (ittifaq) mentioned by Imam al-Nawawi in the introduction to the Forty Nawawi, a well-known treatise containing forty-two hadiths, or forty-three hadiths. And in his great, magnificent book, which in my opinion is the best book in what is called today comparative jurisprudence (fiqh muqaran), where he mentions the issue from the perspective of Imam al-Shafi'i, because it is his book, titled al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab. Al-Muhadhdhab is one of the books of the Shafi'i school, following the madhhab of Imam al-Shafi'i. But among the virtues of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) that he possessed uniquely among all who wrote in this field, meaning in comparative jurisprudence, is that he combined two excellent qualities:
The Shaykh : What is the first part, so that we can determine the answer?
The questioner : The first part is what al-Nawawi transmitted regarding the weak hadith: that it is accepted if there is a consensus of the scholars or a consensus of the Ummah that a weak hadith is accepted in the virtues of actions. This is one point. And the second part...
The Shaykh : That is enough. I want to answer you on the first part so that I do not forget. The first part and the second part, meaning the answer would be in vain. I do not know if you are quoting verbatim or quoting by meaning. What I know from the words of al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) is that you say he transmitted agreement (ittifaq) and not consensus (ijma'). Are you quoting verbatim or by meaning?
The questioner : It is not verbatim.
The Shaykh : That is it, because this is a valid example related to our previous discussion. There is a difference between consensus (ijma') and the agreement (ittifaq) mentioned by Imam al-Nawawi in the introduction to the Forty Nawawi, a well-known treatise containing forty-two hadiths, or forty-three hadiths. And in his great, magnificent book, which in my opinion is the best book in what is called today comparative jurisprudence (fiqh muqaran), where he mentions the issue from the perspective of Imam al-Shafi'i, because it is his book, titled al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab. Al-Muhadhdhab is one of the books of the Shafi'i school, following the madhhab of Imam al-Shafi'i. But among the virtues of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) that he possessed uniquely among all who wrote in this field, meaning in comparative jurisprudence, is that he combined two excellent qualities:
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