Is the sole authentication by al-Tabarani acceptable? And is the same true for al-'Uqayli, Ibn al-'Imad, al-Sam'ani, Bahshal, and al-Hakim?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, among the imams who sometimes have words regarding the critique and vindication of narrators, I asked you about some of them yesterday, and I will complete the rest of my question, which I had missed, tonight, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : I will be with you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Like al-Tabarani, sometimes he presents a hadith and speaks about the chain regarding a man, saying he is trustworthy.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Is his authentication in that case acceptable?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is acceptable if there is no opposing view. What is the name of this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : With the protection of this, we benefited from al-Tabarani's authentication of him in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir.
The questioner : Similarly, if a narrator's student said, "My teacher so-and-so narrated to me, and he was trustworthy," and this student is not among the well-known ones?
The Shaykh : It is not so.
The questioner : It is not so.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Similarly, my Shaykh, al-'Uqayli.
The Shaykh : How is it if al-'Uqayli authenticates?
The questioner : And if he criticizes, when his purpose is to criticize.
The Shaykh : So you reversed it.
The questioner : My question is also if he is alone in criticizing.
The Shaykh : You reversed the issue. He is strict. The answer has already been given.
The questioner : Okay, and also Ibn al-'Imad in Shadharaat al-Dhahab; sometimes he is alone.
The Shaykh : We did not know Ibn al-'Imad as a memorizer; we knew him as a historian.
The questioner : Okay, al-Sam'ani in al-Ansab.
The Shaykh : Al-Sam'ani is not bad, but he is a compiler in any case.
The questioner : If he is alone with a statement in a biography and we did not find it transmitted from anyone else.
The Shaykh : If we found that a narrator did not narrate from him alone, we would take comfort in his authentication and authenticate him.
The questioner : Similarly, Bahshal, the author of Tarikh Wasit.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : It is acceptable.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And al-Hakim and al-Tirmidhi.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Al-Hakim and al-Tirmidhi if they are alone.
The Shaykh : Al-Hakim Abu 'Abd Allah, or Abu Ahmad?
The questioner : Abu 'Abd Allah al-Hakim, the author of al-Mustadrak.
The Shaykh : If he authenticates.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : He is classified in my research as lenient, along with Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Hibban. He authenticates many unknown narrators, and perhaps he even narrates from them and grades their hadiths as sound, while stating in al-Mustadrak that their status is unknown.
The questioner : And are they in a better state than him?
The Shaykh : Al-Hakim is in a better state than Ibn Hibban.
The questioner : Al-Hakim is in a better state than Ibn Hibban.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : But he is not in a better state than Ibn Khuzaymah.
The questioner : So, Ibn Khuzaymah, then al-Hakim, then Ibn Hibban.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The Shaykh : I will be with you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Like al-Tabarani, sometimes he presents a hadith and speaks about the chain regarding a man, saying he is trustworthy.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Is his authentication in that case acceptable?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is acceptable if there is no opposing view. What is the name of this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : With the protection of this, we benefited from al-Tabarani's authentication of him in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir.
The questioner : Similarly, if a narrator's student said, "My teacher so-and-so narrated to me, and he was trustworthy," and this student is not among the well-known ones?
The Shaykh : It is not so.
The questioner : It is not so.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Similarly, my Shaykh, al-'Uqayli.
The Shaykh : How is it if al-'Uqayli authenticates?
The questioner : And if he criticizes, when his purpose is to criticize.
The Shaykh : So you reversed it.
The questioner : My question is also if he is alone in criticizing.
The Shaykh : You reversed the issue. He is strict. The answer has already been given.
The questioner : Okay, and also Ibn al-'Imad in Shadharaat al-Dhahab; sometimes he is alone.
The Shaykh : We did not know Ibn al-'Imad as a memorizer; we knew him as a historian.
The questioner : Okay, al-Sam'ani in al-Ansab.
The Shaykh : Al-Sam'ani is not bad, but he is a compiler in any case.
The questioner : If he is alone with a statement in a biography and we did not find it transmitted from anyone else.
The Shaykh : If we found that a narrator did not narrate from him alone, we would take comfort in his authentication and authenticate him.
The questioner : Similarly, Bahshal, the author of Tarikh Wasit.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : It is acceptable.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And al-Hakim and al-Tirmidhi.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Al-Hakim and al-Tirmidhi if they are alone.
The Shaykh : Al-Hakim Abu 'Abd Allah, or Abu Ahmad?
The questioner : Abu 'Abd Allah al-Hakim, the author of al-Mustadrak.
The Shaykh : If he authenticates.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : He is classified in my research as lenient, along with Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Hibban. He authenticates many unknown narrators, and perhaps he even narrates from them and grades their hadiths as sound, while stating in al-Mustadrak that their status is unknown.
The questioner : And are they in a better state than him?
The Shaykh : Al-Hakim is in a better state than Ibn Hibban.
The questioner : Al-Hakim is in a better state than Ibn Hibban.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What Allah willed.
The Shaykh : But he is not in a better state than Ibn Khuzaymah.
The questioner : So, Ibn Khuzaymah, then al-Hakim, then Ibn Hibban.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
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