The Hadith of the Opening Invocation (Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika)
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The Shaykh : And among the examples of this is the hadith of Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when he began the prayer, would say: and so on.
The questioner : I have finished, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He mentioned it
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned it in *Al-Ilal* and said, on the authority of his father: This hadith is invalid and has no basis. Its narrator is Muhammad ibn Salit, and he is said to be acceptable. This is a statement that the science of the principles of hadith does not support, because as long as this man is considered acceptable, and it is also said of him that he is truthful in the critique and vindication of narrators, such a person is usually considered to have good hadiths. However, a man having good hadiths does not prevent him from making a mistake; indeed, even the trustworthy narrator agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim is not prevented from making a mistake in one hadith or more. But it is not said of his hadith that it is invalid and has no basis if it is transmitted through other routes, because this is a denial of the hadith without any justification from this route, while there are other routes. What is in Sahih Muslim and others is sufficient, namely that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), when he entered the prayer, would raise his voice and recite: "Subhanak Allahumma." The narrator says: He made the people hear it and taught them. Now, 'Umar said this openly in the presence of the Companions and the rest of the ten promised Paradise; he must have taken it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And there are other hadiths in the Sunan regarding this hadith which Abu Hatim called a lie with no basis. There is no doubt that this, even in the critique of the text, is significant. The answer I mentioned has great validity regarding the early scholars and little validity regarding the later scholars. And those contemporary scholars you referred to are among the demolishers!
The questioner : Allah is the Helper.
The Shaykh : Because he opened the door to the critique of texts, just as this ignorant person wants to make the Sunnah a desolate ruin!
Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدكThe questioner : I have finished, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He mentioned it
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned it in *Al-Ilal* and said, on the authority of his father: This hadith is invalid and has no basis. Its narrator is Muhammad ibn Salit, and he is said to be acceptable. This is a statement that the science of the principles of hadith does not support, because as long as this man is considered acceptable, and it is also said of him that he is truthful in the critique and vindication of narrators, such a person is usually considered to have good hadiths. However, a man having good hadiths does not prevent him from making a mistake; indeed, even the trustworthy narrator agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim is not prevented from making a mistake in one hadith or more. But it is not said of his hadith that it is invalid and has no basis if it is transmitted through other routes, because this is a denial of the hadith without any justification from this route, while there are other routes. What is in Sahih Muslim and others is sufficient, namely that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), when he entered the prayer, would raise his voice and recite: "Subhanak Allahumma." The narrator says: He made the people hear it and taught them. Now, 'Umar said this openly in the presence of the Companions and the rest of the ten promised Paradise; he must have taken it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And there are other hadiths in the Sunan regarding this hadith which Abu Hatim called a lie with no basis. There is no doubt that this, even in the critique of the text, is significant. The answer I mentioned has great validity regarding the early scholars and little validity regarding the later scholars. And those contemporary scholars you referred to are among the demolishers!
The questioner : Allah is the Helper.
The Shaykh : Because he opened the door to the critique of texts, just as this ignorant person wants to make the Sunnah a desolate ruin!
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