What is the ruling on using the computer in the science of hadith?

The questioner : What is the ruling on using the computer in the science of hadith?

The Shaykh : In my opinion, if the user is a scholar of hadith, it is one of the means and a sign of the present age for bringing the Sunnah closer to the hands of the Muslim community. As for one who is not a scholar of hadith, he will stumble blindly in the dark night, just as those who write about hadith do, and it is true of them what we say on many occasions: "He defecated before he was circumcised." Yes.