What is your opinion regarding the statement of some scholars that a sound mursal (a report missing the Companion link) to its mursal narrator is stronger than a musnad (a report traced to the Prophet) whose chain contains a weak narrator?
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The questioner : We move on to another topic.
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, here is a question: Some scholars have stated that a sound mursal (a report missing the Companion link) to its mursal narrator is stronger than a musnad (a report traced to the Prophet) whose chain contains a weak narrator. The evidence for this is that some scholars have cited the former, the sound mursal, as proof, while they did not cite the latter. What is your critique of this? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : I have no critique; perhaps I agree.
The questioner : I agree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, here is a question: Some scholars have stated that a sound mursal (a report missing the Companion link) to its mursal narrator is stronger than a musnad (a report traced to the Prophet) whose chain contains a weak narrator. The evidence for this is that some scholars have cited the former, the sound mursal, as proof, while they did not cite the latter. What is your critique of this? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : I have no critique; perhaps I agree.
The questioner : I agree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: All right.
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