The Book of Faith-02b
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The Reader: Bishr ibn al-Hakam narrated to me, saying: "I heard Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan weaken Hakim ibn Jubayr and 'Abd al-A'la, and he weakened Yahya ibn Musa ibn Dinār, saying: 'His narration is wind.' He also weakened Musa ibn Duhqan and 'Isa ibn Abi 'Isa al-Madani. He said: I heard al-Hasan ibn 'Isa say: Ibn al-Mubarak said to me: 'When you arrive at Jarir's place, write down all of his knowledge except the narrations of three men: do not write the narration of 'Ubaydah ibn Ma'tab, al-Sari ibn Isma'il, and Muhammad ibn Salim.'"
Muslim said: "Similar to what we have mentioned of the words of the scholars regarding the accused narrators of hadith, and their informing about their defects, is much, and the book would be lengthened by mentioning it in its entirety. And what we have mentioned is sufficient for one who understands and comprehends the methodology of the people in what they said and clarified of that. They only obligated themselves to reveal the defects of the narrators of hadith and transmitters of reports, and they issued rulings on that when asked, because of the great danger in it. For reports in matters of religion only come with a permission, or a prohibition, or a command, or a forbidding, or an encouragement, or a warning. So if the narrator of them is not a repository of truthfulness and trustworthiness, and then one who knows him proceeds to narrate from him, and does not clarify what is in him to another who is ignorant of his status, he is sinful in that action, deceiving the common Muslims. For it is not safe that some of those who hear those reports will use them, or use some of them, and perhaps they, or most of them, are lies with no basis. While the authentic reports from the narrations of the trustworthy and the people of contentment are more than enough that one is not compelled to transmit from one who is not trustworthy and not one of contentment."
The Shaykh : It is as if he (may Allah have mercy on him) is saying that what is authentic in the reports is sufficient for what is weak, and that is the case. This indicates that it is not befitting to narrate a weak hadith, even in the virtues of deeds. May Allah except a man who presents a weak hadith to clarify that it is weak, so that people are not deceived by it; this is obligatory. But to present it as if it establishes this virtue, or that it establishes a ruling of encouragement or warning, this is not permissible. For what is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is sufficient. The words of Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) in this are good. Yes.
Muslim said: "Similar to what we have mentioned of the words of the scholars regarding the accused narrators of hadith, and their informing about their defects, is much, and the book would be lengthened by mentioning it in its entirety. And what we have mentioned is sufficient for one who understands and comprehends the methodology of the people in what they said and clarified of that. They only obligated themselves to reveal the defects of the narrators of hadith and transmitters of reports, and they issued rulings on that when asked, because of the great danger in it. For reports in matters of religion only come with a permission, or a prohibition, or a command, or a forbidding, or an encouragement, or a warning. So if the narrator of them is not a repository of truthfulness and trustworthiness, and then one who knows him proceeds to narrate from him, and does not clarify what is in him to another who is ignorant of his status, he is sinful in that action, deceiving the common Muslims. For it is not safe that some of those who hear those reports will use them, or use some of them, and perhaps they, or most of them, are lies with no basis. While the authentic reports from the narrations of the trustworthy and the people of contentment are more than enough that one is not compelled to transmit from one who is not trustworthy and not one of contentment."
The Shaykh : It is as if he (may Allah have mercy on him) is saying that what is authentic in the reports is sufficient for what is weak, and that is the case. This indicates that it is not befitting to narrate a weak hadith, even in the virtues of deeds. May Allah except a man who presents a weak hadith to clarify that it is weak, so that people are not deceived by it; this is obligatory. But to present it as if it establishes this virtue, or that it establishes a ruling of encouragement or warning, this is not permissible. For what is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is sufficient. The words of Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) in this are good. Yes.