(Categories of Tafsir Based on Isnad and Mentioning What Was Criticized of Ibn Jarir in His Tafsir) And read the tafsirs of the imams, mentioning the isnad, for they are the guidance of the lost
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The Shaykh :"And read the tafsirs of the imams, mentioning the *** isnad, for they are the guidance of the lost"
Tafsirs are divided into two categories: one that mentions the sanad, such as the tafsir of Ibn Jarir (may Allah have mercy on him), but it is criticized for not verifying the isnad, meaning he included everything he found, like a man gathering firewood at night. His excuse for this, may Allah have mercy on him, was that he was eager to collect the athar and left their verification to those who came after him, to the one who reads this tafsir. Because if he had occupied himself with verification, he would have run out of time and been unable to complete it. So, may Allah have mercy on him, he feared that death would overtake him, so he collected the tafsirs with their asanid and entrusted the matter to the reader after him. For example, tafsirs that mention the isnad are the highest form of tafsir, followed by those that mention the statement without an isnad, saying for instance, "Ibn Abbas said so-and-so, Mujahid said so-and-so, Muqatil said so-and-so, Qatadah said so-and-so," and the like. This is actually problematic, but nonetheless, the mufassirun today have agreed to this practice and began mentioning this without an isnad, such as Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) and others.
Tafsirs are divided into two categories: one that mentions the sanad, such as the tafsir of Ibn Jarir (may Allah have mercy on him), but it is criticized for not verifying the isnad, meaning he included everything he found, like a man gathering firewood at night. His excuse for this, may Allah have mercy on him, was that he was eager to collect the athar and left their verification to those who came after him, to the one who reads this tafsir. Because if he had occupied himself with verification, he would have run out of time and been unable to complete it. So, may Allah have mercy on him, he feared that death would overtake him, so he collected the tafsirs with their asanid and entrusted the matter to the reader after him. For example, tafsirs that mention the isnad are the highest form of tafsir, followed by those that mention the statement without an isnad, saying for instance, "Ibn Abbas said so-and-so, Mujahid said so-and-so, Muqatil said so-and-so, Qatadah said so-and-so," and the like. This is actually problematic, but nonetheless, the mufassirun today have agreed to this practice and began mentioning this without an isnad, such as Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) and others.