The ruling on Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani's solitary narration.
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The questioner : My teacher, did the author of al-Hilyah narrate this alone... Is this a rule or not?
The Shaykh : I understand your question to mean that everyone above Abu Nu'aym is trustworthy, and the only point of concern is Abu Nu'aym's solitary narration of it. So, is the hadith valid in this state or not? Is that your question?
The questioner : No, I did not intend to say that everyone above Abu Nu'aym...
The Shaykh : Then what is the meaning of your question about Nu'aym narrating it alone?
The questioner : At all.
The Shaykh : The general statement... except for the specific limitation I mentioned to you.
The questioner : I say the problem is perhaps due to its transmission...
The Shaykh : No, let him...
The questioner : My teacher, in al-Silsilah al-Da'ifah, volume three... I wrote that perhaps its weakness is based on the rule that says if the author of al-Hilyah narrates a hadith alone, then it is weak. So I placed an exclamation mark. I do not know, I mean, is this rule invalid? I mean...
The Shaykh : Who weakened the hadith because of Abu Nu'aym's solitary narration?
The questioner : He says perhaps.
The Shaykh : I do not care what I said; I want to understand the question and what was said. Do you know how to answer?
The questioner : ... the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Do you want to understand who you are talking about?
The Shaykh : Because the hadith...
The questioner : You weakened it.
The Shaykh : Listen, any hadith narrated by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani whose chain is sound from him to the Companion is sound. I do not believe that a student of knowledge who knows Abu Nu'aym's trustworthiness, his memorization, his precision, and his accuracy in narration, as mentioned in his biography, despite his inclination toward some Sufism which we do not approve of, I do not believe that a student of knowledge who knows this reality would find a hadith that Abu Nu'aym narrates alone, with no defect in Abu Nu'aym's chain, and then criticize it and weaken it because Abu Nu'aym narrated it alone. This is my belief. As for what you are referring to, I do not know the truth of its matter.
The questioner : This is what I intended.
The questioner : My teacher, I...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : My teacher, perhaps at the end of the sermon of al-Jami' al-Kabir, al-Suyuti says that what Ibn 'Asakir narrated alone in al-Tarikh and so on is sufficient, so I think he mentioned al-Hilyah, otherwise it is not mentioned now and it is absent from my memory. So perhaps it is from this category.
The Shaykh : No, it was not mentioned.
The questioner : Al-Hilyah was not mentioned.
The Shaykh : Even if it was mentioned.
The questioner : It is not a consistent rule.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : Perhaps you will find something sound in it.
The questioner : Yes, in Ibn 'Asakir.The Shaykh : In more than one place in al-Sahih, a sound issue comes from him.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : And peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : The topic... My teacher, the one we spoke about on the phone.
The Shaykh : Did you complete the number?
The questioner : Yes, I completed it, they are all present.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : By Allah, we love it, I mean in detail. May Allah be pleased with you.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, before this is said, is this said like what is said about Musnad al-Firdaws, the same thing, or Musnad al-Firdaws if...
The Shaykh : No, no, the rule is not consistent in the majority of cases.
The questioner : Likewise in Musnad al-Firdaws?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... for the sake of exaltation, this is it.
The questioner : That is enough.
The Shaykh : Now, the one who studies it, may Allah reward you with good, the one who studies Musnad al-Firdaws often finds that he comments on the hadith and does not provide a chain, as is the case with all authors or most authors, and often he says "Abu said...The Shaykh : I mean al-Isfahani, Abu Hayyan, and the meaning of this is that he transmitted it from a book of his books, most of which have not reached us today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So Abu...The Shaykh : is also a memorizer like Abu Nu'aym and of a higher rank than him. So if the chain between Abu...The Shaykh : and the Companion is sound, then it does not harm him that it is in the Musnad as a mursal (report missing the Companion link).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, for example, he says about al-Hakim, "al-Hakim, Abu 'Abdullah said," and so on. So the important thing is that what al-Dailami narrated alone in Musnad al-Firdaws is said to be weak as a general rule.
The questioner : The majority of it.
The Shaykh : And it is not a general rule, yes.
The questioner : My teacher, perhaps these things are the work of the rules, and they came to us from the rule we mention, Ibn al-Jawzi, that every hadith not in the primary sources and so on.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : This is the category.
The Shaykh : This is also not absolute.
The questioner : Also general, correct?
The Shaykh : Not in its absolute form.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, the rules established by the scholars of hadith terminology, I mean, when applied, they are not one hundred percent precise. I mean, the practical aspect and the theoretical aspect, I mean, it remains a statement, and when applied, it may differ, increasing or decreasing.
The Shaykh : No, the truth is, as we said earlier, I mean, there is no consistent rule. In the same science of usul (principles), it tells you that the general remains general until what specifies it comes. May Allah keep you safe...
The questioner : Our Shaykh, this chair needs this, one person...
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : If you come closer, so that all the brothers benefit.
The Shaykh : Did you hear this answer and did you not praise Allah for guiding you to stay away from lying about the Messenger of Allah on the pulpit?
The questioner : I told you I prayed for your good.
The Shaykh : Instead of praying for me, thank your Lord.
The questioner : My Shaykh, is this the hadith you are referring to?
The Shaykh : Yes, the believer...
The questioner : A wise, shrewd person.
The Shaykh : I fear what I fear, that he reads it as "the believer is a bag of cotton."
The questioner : Is this the topic?
The Shaykh : Yes, the point.
The questioner : The wise one.
The questioner : The one who disciplines himself?
The Shaykh : The wise one is the one who disciplines himself and works for what is after death, and the incapable one is the one who follows his soul's desires and hopes for Allah's promises. This is weak. Beware of mentioning it!
The questioner : Again, I say, Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah).
The Shaykh : But we mentioned the hadith "The believer is wise and shrewd" on the occasion of what you think about sitting in the middle of the circle. I feared you would object to me with another hadith similar to yours.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And it is: "Cursed is the one who sits in the middle of the circle."
The questioner : La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no power and no strength except with Allah). This is how you are calling out to you, my teacher.
The Shaykh : But rest your mind from him, just as we rested our minds from guiding you.
The questioner : It is a weak hadith.
The Shaykh : It is a weak hadith.
The questioner : Is it our turn for questions or not?
The questioner : It is not yet.
The Shaykh : But wait, he has not finished his nature yet.
The questioner : ... We forgive you.
The questioner : Abu Yahya, we need you to come a bit closer for the sound.
The questioner : No, we will be in the middle of the circle later.
The questioner : Do you see the scrupulousness? Even he does not want the weak hadith to apply to him. Look at the scrupulousness.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : Tahir al-Mukhallal has done his effect.
The Shaykh : I mean, I understand from your words that you are saying "my pickles have done their effect," is that what you mean? I mean, your pickles have done their effect.
The questioner : For the sake of my brothers understanding the picture, I say the topic is boycotting a Muslim.
The Shaykh : I understand your question to mean that everyone above Abu Nu'aym is trustworthy, and the only point of concern is Abu Nu'aym's solitary narration of it. So, is the hadith valid in this state or not? Is that your question?
The questioner : No, I did not intend to say that everyone above Abu Nu'aym...
The Shaykh : Then what is the meaning of your question about Nu'aym narrating it alone?
The questioner : At all.
The Shaykh : The general statement... except for the specific limitation I mentioned to you.
The questioner : I say the problem is perhaps due to its transmission...
The Shaykh : No, let him...
The questioner : My teacher, in al-Silsilah al-Da'ifah, volume three... I wrote that perhaps its weakness is based on the rule that says if the author of al-Hilyah narrates a hadith alone, then it is weak. So I placed an exclamation mark. I do not know, I mean, is this rule invalid? I mean...
The Shaykh : Who weakened the hadith because of Abu Nu'aym's solitary narration?
The questioner : He says perhaps.
The Shaykh : I do not care what I said; I want to understand the question and what was said. Do you know how to answer?
The questioner : ... the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Do you want to understand who you are talking about?
The Shaykh : Because the hadith...
The questioner : You weakened it.
The Shaykh : Listen, any hadith narrated by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani whose chain is sound from him to the Companion is sound. I do not believe that a student of knowledge who knows Abu Nu'aym's trustworthiness, his memorization, his precision, and his accuracy in narration, as mentioned in his biography, despite his inclination toward some Sufism which we do not approve of, I do not believe that a student of knowledge who knows this reality would find a hadith that Abu Nu'aym narrates alone, with no defect in Abu Nu'aym's chain, and then criticize it and weaken it because Abu Nu'aym narrated it alone. This is my belief. As for what you are referring to, I do not know the truth of its matter.
The questioner : This is what I intended.
The questioner : My teacher, I...
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : My teacher, perhaps at the end of the sermon of al-Jami' al-Kabir, al-Suyuti says that what Ibn 'Asakir narrated alone in al-Tarikh and so on is sufficient, so I think he mentioned al-Hilyah, otherwise it is not mentioned now and it is absent from my memory. So perhaps it is from this category.
The Shaykh : No, it was not mentioned.
The questioner : Al-Hilyah was not mentioned.
The Shaykh : Even if it was mentioned.
The questioner : It is not a consistent rule.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : Perhaps you will find something sound in it.
The questioner : Yes, in Ibn 'Asakir.The Shaykh : In more than one place in al-Sahih, a sound issue comes from him.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : And peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : The topic... My teacher, the one we spoke about on the phone.
The Shaykh : Did you complete the number?
The questioner : Yes, I completed it, they are all present.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : By Allah, we love it, I mean in detail. May Allah be pleased with you.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, before this is said, is this said like what is said about Musnad al-Firdaws, the same thing, or Musnad al-Firdaws if...
The Shaykh : No, no, the rule is not consistent in the majority of cases.
The questioner : Likewise in Musnad al-Firdaws?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... for the sake of exaltation, this is it.
The questioner : That is enough.
The Shaykh : Now, the one who studies it, may Allah reward you with good, the one who studies Musnad al-Firdaws often finds that he comments on the hadith and does not provide a chain, as is the case with all authors or most authors, and often he says "Abu said...The Shaykh : I mean al-Isfahani, Abu Hayyan, and the meaning of this is that he transmitted it from a book of his books, most of which have not reached us today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So Abu...The Shaykh : is also a memorizer like Abu Nu'aym and of a higher rank than him. So if the chain between Abu...The Shaykh : and the Companion is sound, then it does not harm him that it is in the Musnad as a mursal (report missing the Companion link).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, for example, he says about al-Hakim, "al-Hakim, Abu 'Abdullah said," and so on. So the important thing is that what al-Dailami narrated alone in Musnad al-Firdaws is said to be weak as a general rule.
The questioner : The majority of it.
The Shaykh : And it is not a general rule, yes.
The questioner : My teacher, perhaps these things are the work of the rules, and they came to us from the rule we mention, Ibn al-Jawzi, that every hadith not in the primary sources and so on.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : This is the category.
The Shaykh : This is also not absolute.
The questioner : Also general, correct?
The Shaykh : Not in its absolute form.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, the rules established by the scholars of hadith terminology, I mean, when applied, they are not one hundred percent precise. I mean, the practical aspect and the theoretical aspect, I mean, it remains a statement, and when applied, it may differ, increasing or decreasing.
The Shaykh : No, the truth is, as we said earlier, I mean, there is no consistent rule. In the same science of usul (principles), it tells you that the general remains general until what specifies it comes. May Allah keep you safe...
The questioner : Our Shaykh, this chair needs this, one person...
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : If you come closer, so that all the brothers benefit.
The Shaykh : Did you hear this answer and did you not praise Allah for guiding you to stay away from lying about the Messenger of Allah on the pulpit?
The questioner : I told you I prayed for your good.
The Shaykh : Instead of praying for me, thank your Lord.
The questioner : My Shaykh, is this the hadith you are referring to?
The Shaykh : Yes, the believer...
The questioner : A wise, shrewd person.
The Shaykh : I fear what I fear, that he reads it as "the believer is a bag of cotton."
The questioner : Is this the topic?
The Shaykh : Yes, the point.
The questioner : The wise one.
The questioner : The one who disciplines himself?
The Shaykh : The wise one is the one who disciplines himself and works for what is after death, and the incapable one is the one who follows his soul's desires and hopes for Allah's promises. This is weak. Beware of mentioning it!
The questioner : Again, I say, Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah).
The Shaykh : But we mentioned the hadith "The believer is wise and shrewd" on the occasion of what you think about sitting in the middle of the circle. I feared you would object to me with another hadith similar to yours.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And it is: "Cursed is the one who sits in the middle of the circle."
The questioner : La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no power and no strength except with Allah). This is how you are calling out to you, my teacher.
The Shaykh : But rest your mind from him, just as we rested our minds from guiding you.
The questioner : It is a weak hadith.
The Shaykh : It is a weak hadith.
The questioner : Is it our turn for questions or not?
The questioner : It is not yet.
The Shaykh : But wait, he has not finished his nature yet.
The questioner : ... We forgive you.
The questioner : Abu Yahya, we need you to come a bit closer for the sound.
The questioner : No, we will be in the middle of the circle later.
The questioner : Do you see the scrupulousness? Even he does not want the weak hadith to apply to him. Look at the scrupulousness.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : Tahir al-Mukhallal has done his effect.
The Shaykh : I mean, I understand from your words that you are saying "my pickles have done their effect," is that what you mean? I mean, your pickles have done their effect.
The questioner : For the sake of my brothers understanding the picture, I say the topic is boycotting a Muslim.
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