What is your opinion of al-Ghazali’s book titled (The Prophetic Sunnah Between the People of Jurisprudence and the People of Hadith)?
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The questioner : The second question: What do you say about Muhammad al-Ghazali’s book, The Prophetic Sunnah Between the People of Jurisprudence and the People of Hadith?
The Shaykh : He deviated from the Prophetic Sunnah and from the people of hadith and jurisprudence.
The questioner : The book or the author?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you, Abu Shusha. Who are you asking about!?
The questioner : About the author.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do you allow me a third question, or only two?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shall I ask a third question?
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : Does an ahad hadith lose its validity due to anomaly and a severe defect, even if its chain is authentic?
The Shaykh : Did you not understand?
The questioner : Does an ahad hadith lose its validity due to anomaly and a defect, even if its chain is authentic?
The Shaykh : My brother, this is not sound from a scholarly perspective. An anomalous hadith cannot be authentic, so how can you say that an authentic hadith loses its authenticity due to anomaly?
The questioner : Yes, the author says so in the same book.
The Shaykh : Which author?
The questioner : Al-Ghazali.
The Shaykh : What is his business? He is deviant, as we told you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : His words have no value; he is an ignorant man.
The questioner : So do we leave the book and not ask any question about it?
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : He deviated from the Prophetic Sunnah and from the people of hadith and jurisprudence.
The questioner : The book or the author?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you, Abu Shusha. Who are you asking about!?
The questioner : About the author.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do you allow me a third question, or only two?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shall I ask a third question?
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : Does an ahad hadith lose its validity due to anomaly and a severe defect, even if its chain is authentic?
The Shaykh : Did you not understand?
The questioner : Does an ahad hadith lose its validity due to anomaly and a defect, even if its chain is authentic?
The Shaykh : My brother, this is not sound from a scholarly perspective. An anomalous hadith cannot be authentic, so how can you say that an authentic hadith loses its authenticity due to anomaly?
The questioner : Yes, the author says so in the same book.
The Shaykh : Which author?
The questioner : Al-Ghazali.
The Shaykh : What is his business? He is deviant, as we told you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : His words have no value; he is an ignorant man.
The questioner : So do we leave the book and not ask any question about it?
The Shaykh : That is correct.
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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