Some of the Imams' Terms: Are They Considered Vindication? For example: "A noble man," "He is among the people of truthfulness with them," "He spent wealth in the knowledge of hadith"?
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The questioner : Are the following terms considered terms of vindication, such as their saying, "A noble man," or "He is among the people of... with them"?
The Shaykh : Like their saying, "A man, what?"
The questioner : Noble.
The Shaykh : Noble.
The questioner : Likewise, "He is among the people of truthfulness with them," and "He spent wealth in the knowledge of hadith."
The Shaykh : The first and third terms are not considered vindication. As for "He is among the people of truthfulness," it may be considered vindication, but that depends on looking at who said this phrase, because some scholars differ in this terminology. For example, if some of them say of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)," Ibn Abi Hatim (may Allah have mercy on him), when he says of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)," means something different from what Ibn Hajar and those who follow his path mean when they say of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)." For the Hafiz Ibn Hajar, "truthful (sadiq)" means his hadith is good (hasan). For Ibn Abi Hatim, "truthful (sadiq)" means he is a candidate for being graded good (hasan); that is, his hadith is written down and strengthened by other narrations. Therefore, the narrator about whom Ibn Hajar said "truthful (sadiq)" is a proof for himself, but in a rank lower than the rank of an authentic (sahih) hadith and higher than the rank of one about whom Ibn Abi Hatim said "truthful (sadiq)." Likewise, if Ibn Abi Hatim says, "His status is truthfulness," it means the same as his saying "truthful (sadiq)." However, if someone else who has not adopted this terminology says it, it is like the Hafiz Ibn Hajar saying of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)." In that case, this phrase becomes a vindication of the narrator. As for the phrase before it and the one after it, they have no relation to vindication in terms of whether a hadith is narrated or not.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Like their saying, "A man, what?"
The questioner : Noble.
The Shaykh : Noble.
The questioner : Likewise, "He is among the people of truthfulness with them," and "He spent wealth in the knowledge of hadith."
The Shaykh : The first and third terms are not considered vindication. As for "He is among the people of truthfulness," it may be considered vindication, but that depends on looking at who said this phrase, because some scholars differ in this terminology. For example, if some of them say of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)," Ibn Abi Hatim (may Allah have mercy on him), when he says of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)," means something different from what Ibn Hajar and those who follow his path mean when they say of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)." For the Hafiz Ibn Hajar, "truthful (sadiq)" means his hadith is good (hasan). For Ibn Abi Hatim, "truthful (sadiq)" means he is a candidate for being graded good (hasan); that is, his hadith is written down and strengthened by other narrations. Therefore, the narrator about whom Ibn Hajar said "truthful (sadiq)" is a proof for himself, but in a rank lower than the rank of an authentic (sahih) hadith and higher than the rank of one about whom Ibn Abi Hatim said "truthful (sadiq)." Likewise, if Ibn Abi Hatim says, "His status is truthfulness," it means the same as his saying "truthful (sadiq)." However, if someone else who has not adopted this terminology says it, it is like the Hafiz Ibn Hajar saying of a narrator, "He is truthful (sadiq)." In that case, this phrase becomes a vindication of the narrator. As for the phrase before it and the one after it, they have no relation to vindication in terms of whether a hadith is narrated or not.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.