What is the authenticity of the hadith: "The people will soon be riding the backs of camels seeking knowledge, and they will not find anyone more knowledgeable than the scholar of Madinah."
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The questioner : I have a question?
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : Or rather, it is an inquiry from you.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : This book is al-Tankil.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : And it is with your verification.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And here on page three hundred and eighty-five of the book itself, regarding the hadithJami` at-Tirmidhi 2680Da'if (Darussalam), you commented and said that this hadith was narrated by al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim, and they graded it authentic, but there is a consideration regarding it which I clarified in my commentary on al-Ahkam by 'Abd al-Haqq al-Isbili, hadith number seventy-six, and I mentioned there two corroborating narrations for it. The question is that you weakened the hadith in Da'if al-Jami' and in al-Mishkat in the old edition and the first verification, and you referred to the later number in al-Sahihah, and here you mentioned that the hadith has a corroborating narration there in your verification of the book?
The Shaykh : Of al-Ahkam, yes.
The questioner : The question is what is the grade of this corroborating narration? Does it strengthen the hadith?
The Shaykh : If it strengthened it, we would not have detailed its weakness.
The questioner : So that corroborating narration does not increase the strength of the hadith?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is weak, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of it.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : Or rather, it is an inquiry from you.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : This book is al-Tankil.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : And it is with your verification.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And here on page three hundred and eighty-five of the book itself, regarding the hadith
It shall soon be that people are beating the livers of camels (meaning that they are hastening and traveling upon them) seeking knowledge. But they will not find anyone more knowledgeable than a scholar of Al-Madinah.
يوشك أن يضرب الناس أكباد الإبل يطلبون العلم فلا يجدون أعلم من عالم المدينةThe Shaykh : Of al-Ahkam, yes.
The questioner : The question is what is the grade of this corroborating narration? Does it strengthen the hadith?
The Shaykh : If it strengthened it, we would not have detailed its weakness.
The questioner : So that corroborating narration does not increase the strength of the hadith?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is weak, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of it.
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