If the trustworthy narrator adds an addition that does not contradict the others, but the others are more established and more numerous, is it to be accepted?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. If the trustworthy narrator adds...
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : If the trustworthy narrator adds an addition that does not contradict the others, but the contradicting narrators are more numerous!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And more established than him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is this addition to be accepted?
The Shaykh : It is to be accepted, it is to be accepted, but it does not have that degree of strength. An example of this is:Muwatta Malik 20:132 in the supplication of the adhan, most of the narrators omitted it, and the one who added it was trustworthy. Similarly, in the tashahhud: Sunan Ibn Majah 469 some of the trustworthy narrators added: Muwatta Malik 20:131 : But there is no doubt that the fact that the majority contradict it, especially in matters of worship such as dhikr, necessitates that it be anomalous, because in matters of worship it is unlikely that the narrators would omit something established with them.
The questioner : Those who left it out did so because it was not established.
The Shaykh : Yes, do you mean the narration of Muslim?
Yes, but the face is now one, and the narration is one. Then, that supports it, that the two ears are part of the head, and it is as if you are witnessing the hadith of Uthman mentioned previously, which also says: and that was not transmitted. If these hadiths, with their abundance and multitude, and the fact that the Companions and the Caliphs, as for the people, they perform wudu and do not take new water, it is known that this is anomalous. Yes.
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : If the trustworthy narrator adds an addition that does not contradict the others, but the contradicting narrators are more numerous!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And more established than him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is this addition to be accepted?
The Shaykh : It is to be accepted, it is to be accepted, but it does not have that degree of strength. An example of this is:
You do not break Your promise
إنك لا تخلف الميعادI bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger
أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسولهalone, without any partner
وحده لا شريك لهThe questioner : Those who left it out did so because it was not established.
The Shaykh : Yes, do you mean the narration of Muslim?
Yes, but the face is now one, and the narration is one. Then, that supports it, that the two ears are part of the head, and it is as if you are witnessing the hadith of Uthman mentioned previously, which also says: