If a biography of a narrator mentions that he met his teacher in a clear manner, but we find a text from Imam al-Bukhari or Ibn al-Madini stating
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The questioner : We return to the science of hadith.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. It is known that the position of Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim regarding the use of "an" (from) and the disagreement in this chapter is such that if we see, for example, a narrator whose historical biography indicates that he met his teacher in a clear manner and that a meeting was possible, but we find a text from Imam al-Bukhari or Imam Ibn al-Madini stating that he does not know of any hearing from him, or that no hearing is known for him, does this statement make us stop at what Imam Muslim held, or what is the outcome?
The questioner : ... It comes back to the rule.
The questioner : But if he denied the hearing, if he explicitly denied the hearing, that he did not hear?
The Shaykh : If he explicitly denied it, then we stop with him, we are with the one who denied it, because he does not deny except based on knowledge.
The questioner : As for if he said, "I do not know."
The Shaykh : As for if he said, "I do not know," this is not knowledge.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may He bless you.
The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. It is known that the position of Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim regarding the use of "an" (from) and the disagreement in this chapter is such that if we see, for example, a narrator whose historical biography indicates that he met his teacher in a clear manner and that a meeting was possible, but we find a text from Imam al-Bukhari or Imam Ibn al-Madini stating that he does not know of any hearing from him, or that no hearing is known for him, does this statement make us stop at what Imam Muslim held, or what is the outcome?
The questioner : ... It comes back to the rule.
The questioner : But if he denied the hearing, if he explicitly denied the hearing, that he did not hear?
The Shaykh : If he explicitly denied it, then we stop with him, we are with the one who denied it, because he does not deny except based on knowledge.
The questioner : As for if he said, "I do not know."
The Shaykh : As for if he said, "I do not know," this is not knowledge.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may He bless you.
The questioner : What Allah willed.
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