He was asked about authenticating hadiths that are not acted upon, such as the Prayer of Tasbih, and whether their weakening is correct.
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The questioner : Which is that some of the young people spoke about the issue thatThe Shaykh : Al-Albani sometimes authenticates hadiths but does not act upon them, such as the hadith of the Prayer of Tasbih. Al-Albani authenticated the hadith, but perhaps he does not act upon it, and that is only because there is a possibility that there is something wrong with it in itself. What is your opinion regarding this issue?
The Shaykh: The truth of this issue is that first, what led them to believe that it is not acted upon?
The questioner: Their minds led them to it.
The Shaykh: No, if you said their desires, you would have been correct, not their minds, because a person of sound mind does not guess about the unseen. And in the hadith, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his uncle al-Abbas So what led them to believe that I did not do this in my life, and I have reached sixty-seven years of age? This is from the misguidance of the youth today, and from their guessing about the unseen. This is first. And second, is there any person on the face of the earth, if he were the most worshipful of people, do you know who is the most worshipful of people? After Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he is the one who said (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith If it were Dawud (peace be upon him), he would not be able to perform every prescribed and recommended act of worship. Did you understand me? Oh, my brother, your voice does not reach me?
The questioner: The lines are far away...
The Shaykh: I asked you, did you understand me?
The questioner: I understood you, yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Other questions
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Those who weaken the hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr, they say that Khalid ibn Daryak did not meet the narrator Aisha...
The Shaykh: ... What they are saying, we said before them, we said that before them.
The questioner: So how do you authenticate the hadith for you, is it because it came from other routes?
The Shaykh: Yes, and if you went back to the book "The Covering of the Muslim Woman," you would find the answer to your question, and you will find the answer in a broader and stronger way in the introduction of the new edition, if Allah wills.
The questioner: If Allah wills, the Exalted. Well, we heard that one person is going to respond to you in a book as well. The owner of Ibn al-Jawzi bookstore in Dammam told me about it.
The Shaykh: We have more than twenty respondents, it does not concern you.
The questioner : If he is from the people of desires, the problem is solved.
The Shaykh: This is it, and we did not find for most of them any era, they all imitate one another.
The questioner : We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Well, Shaykh, how do you find the authenticationThe Shaykh : by Muqbil al-Wadi'i?
The Shaykh: We have not seen any works from him except the first part of his takhrij of Ibn Kathir's Tafsir, and he means he brings matters from their nearest doors, and he does not have expansion in takhrij, the expansion that scientific research requires, especially in authentication and weakening.
The questioner: So what do you advise us, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: I advise you to fear Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and to seek knowledge purely for His face, and not to show off to people, and not to care about people, whether the caring is that they are pleased with you, or not to care about them, even if they become angry with you[Al-Anfal 8:64].
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Do you advise me with a specific book?
The Shaykh: In what?
The questioner : In which book?
The Shaykh: In any science?
The questioner: Hadith, by reading the terminology. I read some books of terminology and read the book "Principles of Takhrij" by al-Tahan.
The Shaykh : Do not read the works of the later scholars.
The questioner: What do you advise us regarding the Principles of Takhrij?
The Shaykh: You understand the Principles of Takhrij if you practice this science, and the one who wrote this book did not practice this science, and look at his comments on al-Tabarani's Middle Collection.
The questioner : Authentic
The Shaykh: Rather, we say that those who have not yet obtained a doctorate can do it.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, your speech is correct.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner: Only the early scholars wrote on the Principles of Takhrij.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner: Did none of them write?
The Shaykh : No
The questioner: Well, good, if Allah wills. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: The truth of this issue is that first, what led them to believe that it is not acted upon?
The questioner: Their minds led them to it.
The Shaykh: No, if you said their desires, you would have been correct, not their minds, because a person of sound mind does not guess about the unseen. And in the hadith, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his uncle al-Abbas
Even once in a lifetime
ولو في العمر مرةDawud was the most devout of people.
كان داود أعبد البشرThe questioner: The lines are far away...
The Shaykh: I asked you, did you understand me?
The questioner: I understood you, yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.
The questioner: Other questions
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Those who weaken the hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr, they say that Khalid ibn Daryak did not meet the narrator Aisha...
The Shaykh: ... What they are saying, we said before them, we said that before them.
The questioner: So how do you authenticate the hadith for you, is it because it came from other routes?
The Shaykh: Yes, and if you went back to the book "The Covering of the Muslim Woman," you would find the answer to your question, and you will find the answer in a broader and stronger way in the introduction of the new edition, if Allah wills.
The questioner: If Allah wills, the Exalted. Well, we heard that one person is going to respond to you in a book as well. The owner of Ibn al-Jawzi bookstore in Dammam told me about it.
The Shaykh: We have more than twenty respondents, it does not concern you.
The questioner : If he is from the people of desires, the problem is solved.
The Shaykh: This is it, and we did not find for most of them any era, they all imitate one another.
The questioner : We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Well, Shaykh, how do you find the authenticationThe Shaykh : by Muqbil al-Wadi'i?
The Shaykh: We have not seen any works from him except the first part of his takhrij of Ibn Kathir's Tafsir, and he means he brings matters from their nearest doors, and he does not have expansion in takhrij, the expansion that scientific research requires, especially in authentication and weakening.
The questioner: So what do you advise us, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: I advise you to fear Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and to seek knowledge purely for His face, and not to show off to people, and not to care about people, whether the caring is that they are pleased with you, or not to care about them, even if they become angry with you
sufficient for you is Allah and for whoever follows you of the believers.
حسبك الله ومن اتبعك من المؤمنينThe questioner: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Do you advise me with a specific book?
The Shaykh: In what?
The questioner : In which book?
The Shaykh: In any science?
The questioner: Hadith, by reading the terminology. I read some books of terminology and read the book "Principles of Takhrij" by al-Tahan.
The Shaykh : Do not read the works of the later scholars.
The questioner: What do you advise us regarding the Principles of Takhrij?
The Shaykh: You understand the Principles of Takhrij if you practice this science, and the one who wrote this book did not practice this science, and look at his comments on al-Tabarani's Middle Collection.
The questioner : Authentic
The Shaykh: Rather, we say that those who have not yet obtained a doctorate can do it.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, your speech is correct.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner: Only the early scholars wrote on the Principles of Takhrij.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner: Did none of them write?
The Shaykh : No
The questioner: Well, good, if Allah wills. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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