What is your opinion, may Allah preserve you, regarding the hadith of the spy in Sahih Muslim?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah preserve you, what is your opinion regarding the hadith of the spy in *Sahih Muslim*?
The Shaykh : Our statement regarding it is that one’s soul does not find peace with its authenticity from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) due to the anomaly in the context of its text. Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida rejected it greatly in his tafsir because its context makes it unlikely to be from the speech of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The questioner : Did any of the Salaf hold this view?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Did any of the Salaf hold this view before Muhammad Rashid Rida?
The Shaykh : I do not know, but it is not a condition. I have not followed the scholars’ statements on it, but I have some reservations about it in my heart.
The Shaykh : Our statement regarding it is that one’s soul does not find peace with its authenticity from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) due to the anomaly in the context of its text. Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida rejected it greatly in his tafsir because its context makes it unlikely to be from the speech of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The questioner : Did any of the Salaf hold this view?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Did any of the Salaf hold this view before Muhammad Rashid Rida?
The Shaykh : I do not know, but it is not a condition. I have not followed the scholars’ statements on it, but I have some reservations about it in my heart.