What is the Shaykh's opinion on the tadlis of Ibn Ishaq and al-A'mash?
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The questioner : Regarding Yaqub al-Fisawi, my Shaykh, he spoke in *al-Tarikh wa al-Ma'rifah* about Abu Ishaq and al-A'mash. He said regarding their *'an'anah*: "Unless it is known that they committed tadlis in it, it is considered connected." He says that unless it is known that they committed tadlis in it, it is attributed to hearing. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Why is this said about every one who commits tadlis?
The questioner : No, no. I choose three, and I mention two of them: Abu Ishaq and al-A'mash, and I forgot the third. He says these three.
The Shaykh : Very good. We must know what led him to this specification so that we can respond to his specification. As for me personally, I do not know a reason for this specification.
The questioner : He says it is because the original state of Abu Ishaq and al-A'mash is that they are trustworthy imams, and tadlis is an accidental occurrence for them. If he heard from his Shaykh, like al-A'mash from Abu Salih, and he narrated a lot from Abu Salih, then unless it is known that he committed tadlis regarding Abu Salih, because he heard from Abu Salih, it is attributed to hearing.
The Shaykh : This is also the statement of al-Dhahabi in *al-Mizan* regarding al-A'mash: if he narrated a lot from his Shaykhs, his *'an'anah* is accepted. But the problem is that our understanding of the reason for the exception is not clear or apparent. I was asked about this issue recently, two or three days ago. I said it appears that because of the abundance of their narration from their imams in the total of what they narrated, and their frequent connection with them, they do not need to narrate the hadith from others. And at that time, the cause for accepting their *'an'anah* is the scarcity of their tadlis. And at that time, they fall into the first or second rank in the classification of al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar.
The questioner : Attributed to hearing, what does that mean?
The Shaykh : Yes. And the cause is the scarcity of tadlis. That is the reason, and Allah knows best.
The questioner : One last question, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Why is this said about every one who commits tadlis?
The questioner : No, no. I choose three, and I mention two of them: Abu Ishaq and al-A'mash, and I forgot the third. He says these three.
The Shaykh : Very good. We must know what led him to this specification so that we can respond to his specification. As for me personally, I do not know a reason for this specification.
The questioner : He says it is because the original state of Abu Ishaq and al-A'mash is that they are trustworthy imams, and tadlis is an accidental occurrence for them. If he heard from his Shaykh, like al-A'mash from Abu Salih, and he narrated a lot from Abu Salih, then unless it is known that he committed tadlis regarding Abu Salih, because he heard from Abu Salih, it is attributed to hearing.
The Shaykh : This is also the statement of al-Dhahabi in *al-Mizan* regarding al-A'mash: if he narrated a lot from his Shaykhs, his *'an'anah* is accepted. But the problem is that our understanding of the reason for the exception is not clear or apparent. I was asked about this issue recently, two or three days ago. I said it appears that because of the abundance of their narration from their imams in the total of what they narrated, and their frequent connection with them, they do not need to narrate the hadith from others. And at that time, the cause for accepting their *'an'anah* is the scarcity of their tadlis. And at that time, they fall into the first or second rank in the classification of al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar.
The questioner : Attributed to hearing, what does that mean?
The Shaykh : Yes. And the cause is the scarcity of tadlis. That is the reason, and Allah knows best.
The questioner : One last question, my Shaykh.
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