Can Qur'anic verses serve as evidence for the authenticity of a hadith, as in the hadith: "If you threaten, then it is up to you, but if you promise, then I will fulfill the promise"?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh. In the fifth volume of *Sahih al-Jami'*, the specific hadith does not come to mind, but you mentioned a Qur'anic witness. This foundational principle is not sufficiently explained in the books of terminology. I wish you would provide an explanation now. May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner: In the hadith of the promise and the threat ... if Allah promises
The Shaykh : In reality, the issue of considering this does not require much explanation. However, I say that some of the contemporary Jahmiyyah today deny many of the hadith texts when they see them as an argument against them. They do not do so with a scientific or hadith-based argument, but rather with what some of them today call "internal criticism" instead of the older term "criticism of the text." For example, the well-known hadith of the slave girl, which you are all familiar with, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to her faith because she answered his question (peace be upon him) by saying, "In the sky." These Jahmiyyah do not believe in the word "in the sky." They say that this involves ascribing a body to Allah and localization, and other terms for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Suppose, for instance, that this hadith is weak as they claim, but the statement of the Exalted [Al-Mulk 67:16] is the greatest witness to this hadith. Therefore, one should not hesitate in such a case to authenticate this hadith, because if we authenticate a hadith with a chain that has some weakness, it is even more so that we should authenticate it with a Qur'anic text whose authenticity is certain. And I think, and Allah knows best, that the reason the scholars did not address this and did not dwell on it is that the Qur'an is many times stronger than the hadith.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, there are many weak and fabricated hadiths for which the general texts serve as witnesses.
The Shaykh : But we are speaking now about the wording.
The questioner : Specific words in particular?
The Shaykh : Yes, as I said, "in the sky."
The questioner : Then the topic is outside the scope of the discussion.
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The Shaykh : I mean, the topic is not strengthened by saying, "This is the Qur'an, so we authenticate the text of the Prophetic hadith... the potential weakness."
The Shaykh : Yes... May Allah assist you.
Another questioner: In the hadith of the promise and the threat
If you threaten, then it is up to you, but if you promise, then I will fulfill the promise.
إذا أوعدتم فبالخيار وإذا وعدتم فأنا منفذ الوعدThe Shaykh : In reality, the issue of considering this does not require much explanation. However, I say that some of the contemporary Jahmiyyah today deny many of the hadith texts when they see them as an argument against them. They do not do so with a scientific or hadith-based argument, but rather with what some of them today call "internal criticism" instead of the older term "criticism of the text." For example, the well-known hadith of the slave girl, which you are all familiar with, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to her faith because she answered his question (peace be upon him)
Where is Allah?
أين الله ؟Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven
أأمنتم من في السماءThe questioner : Our Shaykh, there are many weak and fabricated hadiths for which the general texts serve as witnesses.
The Shaykh : But we are speaking now about the wording.
The questioner : Specific words in particular?
The Shaykh : Yes, as I said, "in the sky."
The questioner : Then the topic is outside the scope of the discussion.
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The Shaykh : I mean, the topic is not strengthened by saying, "This is the Qur'an, so we authenticate the text of the Prophetic hadith... the potential weakness."
The Shaykh : Yes... May Allah assist you.