Some scholars and preachers citing weak hadiths without indicating their weakness; what is the ruling on that?
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The Shaykh : And what, Doctor? Please, let us hear your question. What did you say: weak hadiths or what?
The questioner : Some of our scholars, whom we respect and value, and we take pride in them, but - sometimes ... weak hadiths.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We are embarrassed to clarify this before the general public, and the truth is lost thereby; the people do not know whether the hadith is weak or authentic, so the people do not benefit and these weak hadiths settle in their minds. We gave the example of the hadith:, and the other hadith they always cite: , hadiths like these, because the brother said: , , and the contrary of these hadiths; so what is the conduct in such a case?
The Shaykh : Do you mean that they narrate weak hadiths and remain silent about them?
The questioner : Yes, ... they believe that they are authentic, but the important thing is that the gathering that was in the Friday prayer missed the benefit that these hadiths are weak; fabricated or not hadiths ... .
Another questioner : Meaning the people disperse without knowing, and if someone speaks, there is confusion and there is, for example, a result that is not praiseworthy.
Another questioner : They say: The preacher said this.
The Shaykh : But I do not understand what the question is?
The questioner : The preacher says a weak hadith and you know it is weak; so what do you do? The preacher stands in the Friday prayer and ... to the people and he exults over a weak or fabricated hadith; so what is our position?
The Shaykh : Like this?
Another questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : In the Friday prayer or other than the Friday prayer?
Another questioner : In the Friday prayer or other than it.
Another questioner : ... mostly in the Friday prayer or in ... private.
The questioner : This is of course ... the one who says it in the same sermon of the ..., they always say the Eid sermon.
The Shaykh : No problem, my brother, they narrate this hadith and others with their explicit statement of its weakness?
The questioner : No, that does not happen.
The Shaykh : Ah; why do you say no?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He does not understand us, he is a Doctor, you understood from him the opposite of what I understood from him. I understood from him that they cite a hadith and clarify its weakness. What he means, as became clear last, is that they narrate the weak hadith whose weakness is known to them and remain silent about it.
The questioner : ... this is what happens, and they present introductions to it, and in ... and they deliver the sermon based on this ... .
Another questioner : ... if you speak to him in secret, he tells you: We take this hadith as a basis in the virtues of deeds, ... .
The Shaykh : ... but - may Allah bless you - Doctor; I do not know to this day what the question is?
The questioner : ... why do you address this problem.
Another questioner : Is it in the interest of the student of knowledge to remain silent?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if he is a student of knowledge, he remains silent, but if he is a scholar, he speaks.
The questioner : He is a scholar of hadith ... .
The questioner : Some of our scholars, whom we respect and value, and we take pride in them, but - sometimes ... weak hadiths.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We are embarrassed to clarify this before the general public, and the truth is lost thereby; the people do not know whether the hadith is weak or authentic, so the people do not benefit and these weak hadiths settle in their minds. We gave the example of the hadith:
The fasting of Ramadan is suspended between the heavens and the earth and is not raised except by zakat al-fitr.
صوم رمضان مُعلَّق بين السماوات والأرض لا يرفع إلا بزكاة الفطرKeep your children and your insane people away from the mosques.
جنِّبوا صبيانكم ومجانينكم المساجدSpeak about food even if it is the price of your weapons.
تحدثوا على الطعام ولو بثمن أسلحتكمEveryone laughs!
الجميع يضحك !The Shaykh : Do you mean that they narrate weak hadiths and remain silent about them?
The questioner : Yes, ... they believe that they are authentic, but the important thing is that the gathering that was in the Friday prayer missed the benefit that these hadiths are weak; fabricated or not hadiths ... .
Another questioner : Meaning the people disperse without knowing, and if someone speaks, there is confusion and there is, for example, a result that is not praiseworthy.
Another questioner : They say: The preacher said this.
The Shaykh : But I do not understand what the question is?
The questioner : The preacher says a weak hadith and you know it is weak; so what do you do? The preacher stands in the Friday prayer and ... to the people and he exults over a weak or fabricated hadith; so what is our position?
The Shaykh : Like this?
Another questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : In the Friday prayer or other than the Friday prayer?
Another questioner : In the Friday prayer or other than it.
Another questioner : ... mostly in the Friday prayer or in ... private.
The questioner : This is of course ... the one who says it in the same sermon of the ..., they always say the Eid sermon.
The Shaykh : No problem, my brother, they narrate this hadith and others with their explicit statement of its weakness?
The questioner : No, that does not happen.
The Shaykh : Ah; why do you say no?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He does not understand us, he is a Doctor, you understood from him the opposite of what I understood from him. I understood from him that they cite a hadith and clarify its weakness. What he means, as became clear last, is that they narrate the weak hadith whose weakness is known to them and remain silent about it.
The questioner : ... this is what happens, and they present introductions to it, and in ... and they deliver the sermon based on this ... .
Another questioner : ... if you speak to him in secret, he tells you: We take this hadith as a basis in the virtues of deeds, ... .
The Shaykh : ... but - may Allah bless you - Doctor; I do not know to this day what the question is?
The questioner : ... why do you address this problem.
Another questioner : Is it in the interest of the student of knowledge to remain silent?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if he is a student of knowledge, he remains silent, but if he is a scholar, he speaks.
The questioner : He is a scholar of hadith ... .
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