Clarifying the intended meaning of the scholars' statement: "A good, authentic hadith"
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The Shaykh : It remains a good, authentic hadith. By this, I mean: good in itself, and strengthened by some chains of narration, just as a hadith that is good for other reasons is strengthened.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is strengthened by chains of narration. So this hadith, which is good in itself, is strengthened by other chains that contain weakness, but they support one another, and this hadith, which is good in itself, rises to the level of...
The student: ...authenticity.
The Shaykh : ...becoming a hadith that is good and authentic for other reasons. So what is your opinion, may your honor remain?
The student: Like what you said yesterday, is it permissible to issue a fatwa, and you are in Madinah?
The Shaykh : In any case, knowledge is shared, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : And by Allah, our Shaykh, we are always... and by the grace of Allah upon our Shaykh, I actually suggested to him a long time ago that he should do this. Of course, he does not have the time to investigate these corrections, whether they are corrections of the texts or corrections of the predecessors regarding the rules and terminology of hadith. I suggested it, and this suggestion is still truly present in my mind, and I persist and persist in urging the Shaykh to dedicate some of the students of knowledge to collecting these corrections from all of the Shaykh's books and putting them in a single volume. It is not a problem if it is divided into two sections: terminological corrections and corrections of hadiths, or of hadiths that were previously judged by so-and-so and so-and-so among the hadith scholars with a ruling that the Shaykh did not give, a ruling that contradicted the Shaykh. This has actually found acceptance with our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt, because it is a blessed opinion, as you say. Yes, I ask Allah for success.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, the truth is, regarding two matters. The first matter is that I actually had material for my master's degree.
The Shaykh : In your hand, meaning it is your turn.
The student: It is without a doubt that these major additions to the science of hadith need to be organized.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The student: A new science that organizes this.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The student: ...like new rules... that truly encompass what existed at that time...
The Shaykh : Before... or after?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is strengthened by chains of narration. So this hadith, which is good in itself, is strengthened by other chains that contain weakness, but they support one another, and this hadith, which is good in itself, rises to the level of...
The student: ...authenticity.
The Shaykh : ...becoming a hadith that is good and authentic for other reasons. So what is your opinion, may your honor remain?
The student: Like what you said yesterday, is it permissible to issue a fatwa, and you are in Madinah?
The Shaykh : In any case, knowledge is shared, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : And by Allah, our Shaykh, we are always... and by the grace of Allah upon our Shaykh, I actually suggested to him a long time ago that he should do this. Of course, he does not have the time to investigate these corrections, whether they are corrections of the texts or corrections of the predecessors regarding the rules and terminology of hadith. I suggested it, and this suggestion is still truly present in my mind, and I persist and persist in urging the Shaykh to dedicate some of the students of knowledge to collecting these corrections from all of the Shaykh's books and putting them in a single volume. It is not a problem if it is divided into two sections: terminological corrections and corrections of hadiths, or of hadiths that were previously judged by so-and-so and so-and-so among the hadith scholars with a ruling that the Shaykh did not give, a ruling that contradicted the Shaykh. This has actually found acceptance with our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt, because it is a blessed opinion, as you say. Yes, I ask Allah for success.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, the truth is, regarding two matters. The first matter is that I actually had material for my master's degree.
The Shaykh : In your hand, meaning it is your turn.
The student: It is without a doubt that these major additions to the science of hadith need to be organized.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The student: A new science that organizes this.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The student: ...like new rules... that truly encompass what existed at that time...
The Shaykh : Before... or after?