Is a narrator described as "truthful" whose condition changed in his later years included in the ranks of corroboration or reliance?
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The questioner : Is a narrator described as "truthful" who changed to being "confused" included in the ranks of corroboration or reliance?
The Shaykh : If he changed to being "confused," his hadith is hasan (good).
The questioner : If they say he changed, the change is milder than confusion.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : And it is not known whether this student was in a state of uprightness or not.
The Shaykh : It is hasan (good).
The questioner : It is hasan (good).
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Likewise, "truthful but makes mistakes" and those of his type.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, except if he makes many mistakes.
The questioner : In some tapes, I heard you saying "truthful but makes mistakes," meaning the rank of corroboration, not the rank of reliance. I recall that I asked you in Madinah, the city of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the year 1410 AH, and I said to you, "In some places, I see you relying on narrators described as 'truthful but makes mistakes.'" You said to me, "Do you think I am a Hanbali?" Everything that Ibn Hajar describes as "truthful but makes mistakes," I accept, and I may remove the word "makes mistakes" so that he is simply "truthful" with good hadith. But if I concede to the Hafiz that he is "truthful but makes mistakes," I use him for corroboration but do not rely on him. I remember your answer, and what I understand from your words now is contrary to the first.
The Shaykh : Sometimes one way, and sometimes another.
The questioner : Does this depend on the circumstances?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning the original ruling, if we rely on the words of the Hafiz Ibn Hajar that he is "truthful but makes mistakes" and he did not say "makes many mistakes," is that in my view, before I review the sources from which he derived this summary, I consider his hadith hasan (good), unless something becomes apparent to me, in which case I attribute it to weakness.The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : If he changed to being "confused," his hadith is hasan (good).
The questioner : If they say he changed, the change is milder than confusion.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : And it is not known whether this student was in a state of uprightness or not.
The Shaykh : It is hasan (good).
The questioner : It is hasan (good).
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Likewise, "truthful but makes mistakes" and those of his type.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, except if he makes many mistakes.
The questioner : In some tapes, I heard you saying "truthful but makes mistakes," meaning the rank of corroboration, not the rank of reliance. I recall that I asked you in Madinah, the city of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the year 1410 AH, and I said to you, "In some places, I see you relying on narrators described as 'truthful but makes mistakes.'" You said to me, "Do you think I am a Hanbali?" Everything that Ibn Hajar describes as "truthful but makes mistakes," I accept, and I may remove the word "makes mistakes" so that he is simply "truthful" with good hadith. But if I concede to the Hafiz that he is "truthful but makes mistakes," I use him for corroboration but do not rely on him. I remember your answer, and what I understand from your words now is contrary to the first.
The Shaykh : Sometimes one way, and sometimes another.
The questioner : Does this depend on the circumstances?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning the original ruling, if we rely on the words of the Hafiz Ibn Hajar that he is "truthful but makes mistakes" and he did not say "makes many mistakes," is that in my view, before I review the sources from which he derived this summary, I consider his hadith hasan (good), unless something becomes apparent to me, in which case I attribute it to weakness.The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner: All right.
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