The Book of I'la al-Sunan: Do you advise a beginner to read it?
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The questioner : The Book of I'la al-Sunan by al-Tahawi; I don't know, do you advise a beginner to read it?
The Shaykh : No, I do not advise it. Not because I have an extensive study of it, but based on my limited study of it, it is like the works of the other Hanafi hadith scholars in India. And unfortunately, it is close to the works of al-Kawthari and 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah and others of the Hanafis, from whom hadith did not benefit them. You will find one of them dealing with hadith either as a hobby, or as a profession, or so on. But the effects of those who engage in the science of hadith do not appear on them. Therefore, we do not advise these people to read the books of these partisan scholars unless they have reached a strong level of knowledge such that they can distinguish the authentic from the weak, for example, and the like.
The Shaykh : No, I do not advise it. Not because I have an extensive study of it, but based on my limited study of it, it is like the works of the other Hanafi hadith scholars in India. And unfortunately, it is close to the works of al-Kawthari and 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah and others of the Hanafis, from whom hadith did not benefit them. You will find one of them dealing with hadith either as a hobby, or as a profession, or so on. But the effects of those who engage in the science of hadith do not appear on them. Therefore, we do not advise these people to read the books of these partisan scholars unless they have reached a strong level of knowledge such that they can distinguish the authentic from the weak, for example, and the like.
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