Some students of knowledge, who have not reached a high level of scholarship, rush into authorship and delving into the science of hadith without knowledge.
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The questioner : ... confusion ... .
The Shaykh : Look now, how many sciences are there in the Shari'ah? You find that all the youth have rushed into the science of hadith. You do not find dozens, let alone hundreds, who have advanced and specialized in the science of tafsir, or in the science of fiqh derived from the Book and the Sunnah, or in any science the Ummah needs, except the science of hadith. Look now at the printing presses; what do they print? Books related to hadith, very strange things, especially regarding dhikr and daily recitations. You find dozens of books that are nothing but copying from here and there. The author has never engaged with hadith; the author of this treatise has never engaged with hadith. This person followed the hadith of asceticism and the hadith of... What does he have in the science of hadith? Nothing at all. He stepped forward to refute a man who, whatever his status, is not infallible, but who has been in this science for more than half a century. He is neither in the caravan nor in the raid; he has no works indicating that he is a scholar of hadith or proficient in it. But ideas came to his mind, so he recorded them in this little treatise—if the name is correct—and put his name on it. By Allah, this is a calamity of the age. This is the "ruwaybidah." Do you hear of the hadith of the ruwaybidah? This is the problem!
The questioner : Many of them, by Allah, do not know how to recite the Book of Allah properly!
The Shaykh : By Allah, you are right.
The Shaykh : The obvious errors, let alone the subtle ones!
The Shaykh : Have you seen this book that was recently printed, criticizing the description of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer? The book has been in print for forty years! And no scholar in the world has seen that this deserves a refutation. A young man stepped forward and wrote a treatise refuting the description of the prayer. What did he do? He took one or two issues that have been a matter of disagreement among scholars since ancient times, such as, for example, recitation behind the imam in the loud prayers. He took the side that contradicts the Book. We adopted in this book that the one following the imam in the loud prayers should listen, because this is the text of the Qur'an[Al-A'raf 7:204] and we supported that with some other hadiths mentioned in the treatise. He adopted the Shafi'i school of thought that one must recite, applying the generality of his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying Jami` at-Tirmidhi 247Sahih (Darussalam). Well, this is one issue. The books are full of taking and refuting and responding, and so on. Do you have to refute the description of the prayer, which contains about two hundred rulings, just because he erred in two or three rulings according to your own particular viewpoint? And you are still a small, insignificant person. It is a very strange matter. All of this indicates, as they say in modern expression today, if it indicates anything, it indicates a lack of sincerity. It is not that there is no knowledge; there is also no sincerity to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Because this young man who refutes the book does not think that this book has passed through the hands of hundreds of scholars in all the lands of the world and has been printed in dozens of editions. He does not think ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, and it was translated into languages. He does not think that there were people more qualified than him to refute it. "O earth, be firm, for no one is upon you." This is the language of many of these people!
The questioner : O our Shaykh, these young people, I think, want to provoke our Shaykh so that he responds to them and they become famous ... .
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah, Allah is the Greatest ... .
The questioner : In Libya, when America fought us ... we were a Libyan Arab Republic, we were ... so when America struck us, we became a great power.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest ... they are skilled with words ... .
The Shaykh : Look now, how many sciences are there in the Shari'ah? You find that all the youth have rushed into the science of hadith. You do not find dozens, let alone hundreds, who have advanced and specialized in the science of tafsir, or in the science of fiqh derived from the Book and the Sunnah, or in any science the Ummah needs, except the science of hadith. Look now at the printing presses; what do they print? Books related to hadith, very strange things, especially regarding dhikr and daily recitations. You find dozens of books that are nothing but copying from here and there. The author has never engaged with hadith; the author of this treatise has never engaged with hadith. This person followed the hadith of asceticism and the hadith of... What does he have in the science of hadith? Nothing at all. He stepped forward to refute a man who, whatever his status, is not infallible, but who has been in this science for more than half a century. He is neither in the caravan nor in the raid; he has no works indicating that he is a scholar of hadith or proficient in it. But ideas came to his mind, so he recorded them in this little treatise—if the name is correct—and put his name on it. By Allah, this is a calamity of the age. This is the "ruwaybidah." Do you hear of the hadith of the ruwaybidah? This is the problem!
The questioner : Many of them, by Allah, do not know how to recite the Book of Allah properly!
The Shaykh : By Allah, you are right.
The Shaykh : The obvious errors, let alone the subtle ones!
The Shaykh : Have you seen this book that was recently printed, criticizing the description of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer? The book has been in print for forty years! And no scholar in the world has seen that this deserves a refutation. A young man stepped forward and wrote a treatise refuting the description of the prayer. What did he do? He took one or two issues that have been a matter of disagreement among scholars since ancient times, such as, for example, recitation behind the imam in the loud prayers. He took the side that contradicts the Book. We adopted in this book that the one following the imam in the loud prayers should listen, because this is the text of the Qur'an
So when the Qur'an is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.
فإذا قرئ القرآن فاستمعوا له وأنصتوا لعلكم ترحمونThere is no Salat for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab.
لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتابThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, and it was translated into languages. He does not think that there were people more qualified than him to refute it. "O earth, be firm, for no one is upon you." This is the language of many of these people!
The questioner : O our Shaykh, these young people, I think, want to provoke our Shaykh so that he responds to them and they become famous ... .
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah, Allah is the Greatest ... .
The questioner : In Libya, when America fought us ... we were a Libyan Arab Republic, we were ... so when America struck us, we became a great power.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest ... they are skilled with words ... .
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