The statement of some narrators: "He was not a liar" . . . Is this .
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The questioner : The statement of some narrators: "He was not a liar" . . . Is this .
The Shaykh : Their intent in saying this is to dispel doubt and strengthen the hadith. As for the word "liar" (kaththab) instead of "lying" (kadhib), it is because negating the description of lying from him is more emphatic than saying he is not a liar in this specific issue only. That is, he is not among those described as liars in general. But if he said "he is not a liar," it would mean only in what he transmitted in this specific issue alone, and the description of lying would not be negated from him regarding anything other than this specific statement that he transmitted.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I do not hear that they said so . . .
The Shaykh : Their intent in saying this is to dispel doubt and strengthen the hadith. As for the word "liar" (kaththab) instead of "lying" (kadhib), it is because negating the description of lying from him is more emphatic than saying he is not a liar in this specific issue only. That is, he is not among those described as liars in general. But if he said "he is not a liar," it would mean only in what he transmitted in this specific issue alone, and the description of lying would not be negated from him regarding anything other than this specific statement that he transmitted.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I do not hear that they said so . . .