Weak hadiths in the two Sahihs.
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The questioner : How many weak hadiths are in al-Bukhari?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : And in Muslim?
The Shaykh : I do not know, because no one has yet conducted a final, comprehensive study of the weak hadiths in the two Sahihs. For example, al-Daraqutni criticized about thirty hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari, but he was not accepted on that count. Personally, I do not have the time to undertake such a task, which is to enumerate the weak hadiths in al-Bukhari, because the weak hadiths we are surrounded by number in the hundreds, even thousands, and it is more important for us to work on them than to come and study the two Sahihs to extract five or ten hadiths from them. Therefore, I said: I do not know, in answer.
The questioner : Have you, O our Shaykh, retracted anything you have written in your books?
The Shaykh : And am I infallible such that I would not retract?
The questioner : No, we have heard many of the brothers say:The Shaykh : He retracted this, he retracted that.
The Shaykh : This is the first question, meaning it has no meaning. But if you had asked, and I have given you the answer, that one who does not retract is a fanatic. But if you asked about a limited question, I might be able to tell you whether I retracted or not, or did I retract? Those who are more knowledgeable than me, earlier than me, and more senior than me, and so on, have retracted, and they made that one of their virtues. And we imitate them, as it was said:
"So imitate them, even if you are not like them, for imitating the noble ones is success."
Therefore, your question should be limited. With this generality, it has no meaning.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : And in Muslim?
The Shaykh : I do not know, because no one has yet conducted a final, comprehensive study of the weak hadiths in the two Sahihs. For example, al-Daraqutni criticized about thirty hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari, but he was not accepted on that count. Personally, I do not have the time to undertake such a task, which is to enumerate the weak hadiths in al-Bukhari, because the weak hadiths we are surrounded by number in the hundreds, even thousands, and it is more important for us to work on them than to come and study the two Sahihs to extract five or ten hadiths from them. Therefore, I said: I do not know, in answer.
The questioner : Have you, O our Shaykh, retracted anything you have written in your books?
The Shaykh : And am I infallible such that I would not retract?
The questioner : No, we have heard many of the brothers say:The Shaykh : He retracted this, he retracted that.
The Shaykh : This is the first question, meaning it has no meaning. But if you had asked, and I have given you the answer, that one who does not retract is a fanatic. But if you asked about a limited question, I might be able to tell you whether I retracted or not, or did I retract? Those who are more knowledgeable than me, earlier than me, and more senior than me, and so on, have retracted, and they made that one of their virtues. And we imitate them, as it was said:
"So imitate them, even if you are not like them, for imitating the noble ones is success."
Therefore, your question should be limited. With this generality, it has no meaning.
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