What is the evidence that a report with a limited chain is definitive rather than probable?
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The questioner : What is the evidence that a report with a limited chain is definitive rather than probable?
The Shaykh : Definitive rather than probable? This is an error. One does not say it is absolutely probable, nor does one say it is absolutely definitive. Rather, it requires detail. A report with a limited chain that the Muslim community has accepted is definitive. As for a report with a limited chain that the Muslim community has not accepted, but which has a sound chain of narration, it is obligatory to act upon it, even if it is...
The questioner : In general rulings?
The Shaykh : In all matters, whether in creed or in rulings.
The Shaykh : Definitive rather than probable? This is an error. One does not say it is absolutely probable, nor does one say it is absolutely definitive. Rather, it requires detail. A report with a limited chain that the Muslim community has accepted is definitive. As for a report with a limited chain that the Muslim community has not accepted, but which has a sound chain of narration, it is obligatory to act upon it, even if it is...
The questioner : In general rulings?
The Shaykh : In all matters, whether in creed or in rulings.
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