The Shaykh’s remarks on the hadith of Maymunah in al-Bukhari regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) marriage to her while he was in the state of ihram.
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The questioner : Regarding what I said: It seems they went by the introduction of Ibn al-Salah; so we were speaking, and he mentioned that the text would be like what I said, containing an anomaly. They gave an example of a hadith in al-Bukhari that I have not seen, but during the conversation and discussion, they said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Maymunah while he was in the state of ihram. Is this in al-Bukhari?
The Shaykh : Yes, he married Maymunah while he was in the state of ihram in Sahih al-Bukhari.
The questioner : It seems they are saying that its chain of narration is authentic and it is in al-Bukhari, and yet the scholars rejected this text?
The Shaykh : This is a valid example of what I told you earlier: the point is that the chain of narration may be authentic, while the text is anomalous or denounced. This is correct from the perspective of examining the weakness in this chain. However, when you gather the various routes of the hadith, it becomes clear that there is a defect or an anomaly. In that case, one does not say that this is an authentic chain, given that the woman with the defect, who is Maymunah, says: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me while he was in a state of permissibility.” Therefore, if it is said that the chain of this hadith is authentic, it must be explained by saying that its narrators are the narrators of the authentic collections, and that is the case, as it is in the two authentic collections. However, it is not free from a decisive defect. If there were not the hadith of Maymunah, which explicitly states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married her while she was in a state of permissibility, we would have said, as Ibn Abbas did regarding the hadith in the two authentic collections, that he married her while she was in the state of ihram. This is because we would not have anything to cast doubt on or clarify the anomaly of this hadith. But since the hadith of Maymunah has come through several routes stating that he (peace be upon him) married her while she was in a state of permissibility...
Do you have something else, or shall I say to you, “Peace be upon you”?
The Shaykh : Yes, he married Maymunah while he was in the state of ihram in Sahih al-Bukhari.
The questioner : It seems they are saying that its chain of narration is authentic and it is in al-Bukhari, and yet the scholars rejected this text?
The Shaykh : This is a valid example of what I told you earlier: the point is that the chain of narration may be authentic, while the text is anomalous or denounced. This is correct from the perspective of examining the weakness in this chain. However, when you gather the various routes of the hadith, it becomes clear that there is a defect or an anomaly. In that case, one does not say that this is an authentic chain, given that the woman with the defect, who is Maymunah, says: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me while he was in a state of permissibility.” Therefore, if it is said that the chain of this hadith is authentic, it must be explained by saying that its narrators are the narrators of the authentic collections, and that is the case, as it is in the two authentic collections. However, it is not free from a decisive defect. If there were not the hadith of Maymunah, which explicitly states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married her while she was in a state of permissibility, we would have said, as Ibn Abbas did regarding the hadith in the two authentic collections, that he married her while she was in the state of ihram. This is because we would not have anything to cast doubt on or clarify the anomaly of this hadith. But since the hadith of Maymunah has come through several routes stating that he (peace be upon him) married her while she was in a state of permissibility...
Do you have something else, or shall I say to you, “Peace be upon you”?
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