Did al-Bukhari require severe weakness in his book of weak narrators, given Ibn Abi Hatim’s statement in al-Jarh wa al-Ta’dil (he mentioned that al-Bukhari listed him among the weak, so he is transferred from there)?
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The questioner : Praise be to Allah. Here, O Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), in al-Jarh wa al-Ta’dil by al-Razi, sometimes Ibn Abi Hatim asks his father about a narrator and says, “Al-Bukhari mentioned him among the weak, so he is transferred from there.” Yet he still weakens him, and at the same time, he softens his words about him. Did al-Bukhari require severe weakness in his book of weak narrators for the sake of the statement “he is transferred from there”? Because if it were merely weakness, he would also weaken him, yet he still transfers him from there. Why?
The Shaykh : Do you have an example of this?
The questioner : I did not mention an example from here.
The Shaykh : This is strange to us. We know this statement, and this meaning is in our minds at least. But he says “he is transferred,” and at the same time, he weakens him.
The Shaykh : Do you have an example of this?
The questioner : I did not mention an example from here.
The Shaykh : This is strange to us. We know this statement, and this meaning is in our minds at least. But he says “he is transferred,” and at the same time, he weakens him.
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