Is the one who says that the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators) must be applied to the Companions considered an innovator?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, regarding the one who criticizes the Companions and says that the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators) and the like must be applied to them... is this person considered an innovator?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The one who criticizes the Companions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And says that the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators) must be applied to them.
The Shaykh : Must be applied to them, what?
The questioner : That the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators) must be applied to them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So is he considered an innovator, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, this person is an innovator without a doubt; this person is an innovator, because this is not the way of the Salaf (the earliest generations). All of the Salaf (the earliest generations), and I mean by this the Imams, are in agreement that the Companions are trustworthy, and that their ignorance does not harm. As for the fact that some things occurred from some of them, there is no doubt that some things occurred from some of them: drinking intoxicants occurred among them, theft occurred among them, and unlawful sexual intercourse occurred among them, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And despite that, they remained upon uprightness.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The one who criticizes the Companions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And says that the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators) must be applied to them.
The Shaykh : Must be applied to them, what?
The questioner : That the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators) must be applied to them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So is he considered an innovator, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, this person is an innovator without a doubt; this person is an innovator, because this is not the way of the Salaf (the earliest generations). All of the Salaf (the earliest generations), and I mean by this the Imams, are in agreement that the Companions are trustworthy, and that their ignorance does not harm. As for the fact that some things occurred from some of them, there is no doubt that some things occurred from some of them: drinking intoxicants occurred among them, theft occurred among them, and unlawful sexual intercourse occurred among them, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And despite that, they remained upon uprightness.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.