What is the validity of the statement by some students of knowledge that this man is considered just in this hadith, but not in another hadith?

The questioner : In this very issue, I have heard some students of knowledge say that this man is considered just or reliable in this hadith, but not in another. Perhaps Abu 'Uwanah moved on, and this is the hadith he narrated. If he had narrated another hadith contrary to what this one narrated, he would not have narrated it for him, just as they sometimes speak, as you have mentioned, that the narration of al-Bukhari and the narration of Muslim constitutes a declaration of justice. Al-Hafiz stated that the narration of al-Bukhari and the narration of Muslim is a declaration of justice, and al-San'ani supported this, saying that it is as if al-Bukhari, when he narrates a hadith, is saying, "So-and-so is a just, precise man; a just, precise man; a just, precise man," and so on. Some say this applies only to the hadith he narrated, if there is no other declaration of reliability or justice for the man, and the only thing is that al-Bukhari narrated from him. In that case, it is specific, perhaps he said it regardingThe Shaykh : the one for whom he narrated inThe Shaykh : the one for whom he narrated, and from the narration of the student who narrated from him, and only in the text he narrated, without extending it to that or to anything else?

The Shaykh : As you know, the opinions regarding the early scholars are numerous, so what can be said about the later scholars? And what can be said about those who are not even classified among the later scholars? This summary you quoted from some students today—where did they get it from? It is nothing but mere thoughts that occur to one of them, and he puts them forward as if they were revelation from the sky. If only he would say, "Perhaps the matter is such and such, perhaps the matter is such and such." Instead, he says, "No, this is only for the one from whom he narrated, only in this hadith." Where did they get this from? It is from their own minds.

The questioner : Perhaps they, and we also, are following them in saying "perhaps." For example, what al-Hafiz and others mention is that al-Bukhari selects, and Muslim, may Allah have mercy on him, selects from the hadithThe Shaykh : So, for example, the narration of some hadiths, as is known in the papers, they agreed on some of their hadiths, and each of them narrated some uniquely, and the other did not narrate them. So, it is possible that the issue is one of selection, not that he required comprehensiveness?

The Shaykh : Well, if this is criticized based on what the scholars of hadith hold, if they do not accept the principle stated regarding the two Sahihs, then without a doubt, their statement would be logically consistent, but it is not correct in its own reality, because it contradicts what the scholars of hadith hold. I want to say that if they emphasize this principle that we are measuring by—what is the principle? That what al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated in their two Sahihs means that they declared reliability for the one from whom they narrated. If they agree with us on this, then they must agree with what can be attached to them. And if they do not agree with this principle, which is the stronger one, then a fortiori, they should not agree with what is attached to it. But we say, as we said before, that it is not permissible to contradict the Muslim scholars in any of the sciences of the Shari'ah if they agree on a certain approach; it is not for us to take another approach.