Questions about some hadiths in the adhkar, which the Shaykh verified and found some defects in.

The questioner : Some of the brothers have some doubts about some hadiths. Some of the brothers collected the hadiths of the adhkar that are recited after the prayers, at night, and in the evening. He looked into their chains of narration and it appeared to him that there is a defect in them. And you, may Allah preserve you, verified them in *Sahih al-Jami'*, so he gave me four of them to ask you about.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward him with good.

The questioner : The first is the hadith in Abu Dawud.

The Shaykh : He used to, when the morning came.

The questioner : When the morning came, he would say and so on. This hadith, he says, its chain is all trustworthy except for one problem: the one who narrated it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, and the one who narrated it from Abu Malik is Shurayh.

The Shaykh : And it is disconnected. He did not hear it.

The questioner : He did not hear it, as I mentioned that in *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifah*.

The Shaykh : We have finished with this. This is crossed out.

The questioner : Crossed out?

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.

The questioner : But it was not crossed out in his book.

The Shaykh : This is from a long time ago.
Al-Halabi : It is, and the hadith of the supplication for entering the house, two hadiths, three from the narration of Malik ibn 'Ubayd.

The questioner : Okay, where is it in the printed edition?

The Shaykh : No.
Al-Halabi : It is printed in the new edition of *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah*, the new series. He is preparing it, he crossed it out, and he pointed this out.

The questioner : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh : Well, what about the others.

The questioner : The second is the hadith of Zayd ibn Thabit that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to commit to committing to his family to say when the morning came: "Labbaik Allahumma labbaik, labbi wa sa'dayk." This is what is in Ahmad and al-Tabarani. Al-Mundhiri said its chain is good, and you graded it as good in *Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*. In its chain is Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam, and he is weak. I do not know what your opinion is?

The Shaykh : But do these brothers notice what we observe from many writers in this field who have not yet prepared themselves to enter it? Do they notice that in the science of hadith there is what is called *sahih li-ghayrihi* (authentic due to other evidence) and *hasan li-ghayrihi* (good due to other evidence)? They are supposed to notice this first. And second, what is supposed to be the case for someone who has grayed in this science? Is it possible that it is hidden from him that Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam is weak? If they remember this and ask about it, it should occur to them that perhapsThe Shaykh : a supporter was found for him, or a corroborating narration was found, or one of the other possibilities. Did they explore these possibilities or one of them? They were categorical.

The questioner : They were categorical. They did not explore.

The Shaykh : Okay, that is it.

The questioner : They were categorical that you have no supporters and no corroborating narrations, and that the man is known to you as weak, but they are afraid that someone will come from behind you to criticize you. They just want the argument. For example, we say a supporter was found for them, because there is no detail.

The Shaykh : Correct, my brother, there is no detail.
Al-Halabi : ...

The Shaykh : As for my brother, trying to escape from the criticism of the critics, that is impossible. And so I see that you should rest your souls, as we have rested our souls, because there is in a poem: "Even if he tried to isolate himself on the top of a mountain"
Al-Halabi : "And whoever is saved from people is safe."

The Shaykh : Yes, even if he tried. The important thing is that this is the Sunnah of Allah in His creation. If the Master of Mankind (peace and blessings be upon him)—I do not say—did not escape the criticism of the disbelievers and their accusation that he is a sorcerer, a poet, a liar, he did not escape the criticism of some of the Muslims. Do you remember this hadith? It must be in *Sahih al-Bukhari*. So who is safe if the Messenger did not escape? And so we have a Syrian proverb: "My foot fell into cold water." I do not care about what I care about, which is to know the error from the truth and the truth from the error, and that is all. If that is their goal, then that is possible, meaning answering it is not an issue, because it is not possible to verify the request of every student.
Al-Halabi : To verify everything.

The Shaykh : And so now, regarding the first hadith and the disconnection in it, this has been for years. I placed the note on this disconnection, and now after years an opportunity came to point it out, because the material of the hadith, as you know, is much and very much. And I now have more than six thousand hadiths from the weak section, all of this is recorded, and it is hoped that it will be published. So what do we add here or there or there? This is impossible for the capacity of humans in general, and for the Shaykh in the last of his life in particular.
Abu Layla : May Allah bless your life.

The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you. My intention is that you convey the salam to these brothers, and also advise them to listen to the adviceThe Shaykh : that they do not care about the criticism of the critics, and put their feet in the cold water, but they should care about knowing the truth from the error.

Another questioner : Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

Another questioner : "A person is not safe from opposition, and even if..."

The Shaykh : He tried to isolate himself. That is all.
Abu Layla : Repeat it for him, O Shaykh. May Allah honor you.