Is it a valid response to those who say that a report from a single narrator is not a proof, to say that the absence of transmission does not indicate weakness?
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The questioner : In the issue of transmitting reports from a single narrator... the general rule is that there are people who can transmit it, so is it not said, "O Shaykh, the fact that everyone did not transmit it is not..." as evidence for the validity of the hadith, because perhaps one man transmitted it...
The Shaykh : It is known without doubt, but this is if the matter requires such a thing, and if it occurred and the conditions for its transmission were present, it is not easy. For example, if al-Khatib cuts off the sermon and speaks, or cuts off the sermon and descends, or if the people look for the crescent moon and only one person sees it.
As for when the conditions for its transmission are not present if it occurred, this is common. Most of the hadiths were narrated only by individuals from among the Companions.
The questioner : I do not say if the need was present...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The need was present, meaning it is expected that many would have narrated it, but when the hadiths were recorded, it was not required, for example, of those who asked the Companions or others whether it was agreed upon.
The Shaykh : No, no, the discussion is about the specific incident. For example, if a person described something that occurred from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and if it had occurred, all the people would have transmitted it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not necessary to ask. Usually, people nowadays, in ordinary matters, if something strange happens, people must transmit it. Yes. It is what has reached us, my brothers. We have not explained it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Reader: The Chapter on Tattooing.
The Shaykh : In the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud, which is the best context that passed by us in the Chapter on Women Who Pluck Hair, it is the most complete of the contexts he mentioned, meaning if it were specified, it would be good. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh? ...
The Shaykh : Read.
The Shaykh : It is known without doubt, but this is if the matter requires such a thing, and if it occurred and the conditions for its transmission were present, it is not easy. For example, if al-Khatib cuts off the sermon and speaks, or cuts off the sermon and descends, or if the people look for the crescent moon and only one person sees it.
As for when the conditions for its transmission are not present if it occurred, this is common. Most of the hadiths were narrated only by individuals from among the Companions.
The questioner : I do not say if the need was present...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The need was present, meaning it is expected that many would have narrated it, but when the hadiths were recorded, it was not required, for example, of those who asked the Companions or others whether it was agreed upon.
The Shaykh : No, no, the discussion is about the specific incident. For example, if a person described something that occurred from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and if it had occurred, all the people would have transmitted it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not necessary to ask. Usually, people nowadays, in ordinary matters, if something strange happens, people must transmit it. Yes. It is what has reached us, my brothers. We have not explained it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Reader: The Chapter on Tattooing.
The Shaykh : In the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud, which is the best context that passed by us in the Chapter on Women Who Pluck Hair, it is the most complete of the contexts he mentioned, meaning if it were specified, it would be good. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh? ...
The Shaykh : Read.