The Classification of Authentic and Good Hadiths
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The Shaykh: There are two ranks: authentic and good. Now, I have made them five, dividing the authentic into two: authentic in itself and authentic due to other evidence. As I said, this is a scientific reality, meaning.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Likewise, I divided the good into two: good in itself and good due to other evidence. Then the fifth and final rank is good authentic, good authentic. This is, of course, al-Tirmidhi’s terminology, but he did not clarify his meaning in this terminology. Therefore, as you know, the scholars’ interpretations of al-Tirmidhi’s phrase "good authentic" became greatly confused, with no way out. Of course, we learn from others; we established this terminology and its explanation in the introduction.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Likewise, I divided the good into two: good in itself and good due to other evidence. Then the fifth and final rank is good authentic, good authentic. This is, of course, al-Tirmidhi’s terminology, but he did not clarify his meaning in this terminology. Therefore, as you know, the scholars’ interpretations of al-Tirmidhi’s phrase "good authentic" became greatly confused, with no way out. Of course, we learn from others; we established this terminology and its explanation in the introduction.
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