What is the jurisprudential understanding of the hadith that the dead visit one another?
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The questioner : There is a hadith in the established chain that the dead visit one another in their graves. So what is the jurisprudential understanding of this hadith?
The Shaykh : I am holding back on it because questions have arisen regarding the authenticity of the mutual visiting. I had strengthened the hadith based on the totality of its chains, but then the matter became ambiguous, so it was necessary to return to some of the sources I referred to from manuscripts in the Dar al-Kutub al-Zahiriyyah. I wrote some annotations on my copies of *al-Sahih* in preparation for a new critical edition, in case we are able to reprint the book. Therefore, we do not currently have a clear idea about the authenticity of the hadith to discuss its jurisprudential understanding. Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I am holding back on it because questions have arisen regarding the authenticity of the mutual visiting. I had strengthened the hadith based on the totality of its chains, but then the matter became ambiguous, so it was necessary to return to some of the sources I referred to from manuscripts in the Dar al-Kutub al-Zahiriyyah. I wrote some annotations on my copies of *al-Sahih* in preparation for a new critical edition, in case we are able to reprint the book. Therefore, we do not currently have a clear idea about the authenticity of the hadith to discuss its jurisprudential understanding. Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes.
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