What is meant by the term "the fame of the book"?
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The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, what is meant by "fame" here?
The Shaykh : Because the fame of the book among the scholars, its circulation, and their citing it as evidence often suffices in place of the chain of narration. So if there is an obscure book with no fame, and it comes with a chain of narration as you mentioned, and it is weak, then in that case, all the hadiths that this book uniquely contains remain weak, and it is not cited as evidence.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, does it affect the manuscript itself in which it is found?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, this manuscript is unique; we did not find any other manuscript containing these listening sessions, and this manuscript has this defect: a man is unknown, and unknown in the listening sessions.
The Shaykh : Did you not get the answer to your question?
The questioner : It does not differ, I mean, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Did you not get the answer to your question? I am telling you that this book is either famous, in which case the fame suffices in place of the chain of narration, or it is obscure with no fame, in which case every hadith in this book that it uniquely contains becomes weak.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Withdrawal, withdrawal has forms, some of which are natural and some are scientific. The natural ones are those that were in the early period of Islam, which is when a man has intercourse with his wife.
And the other, who is also trustworthy, if he narrates from that trustworthy man, his hadith is weak. This is the limit of precision, and its details will come later. I do not know if the mosque is near here or not...
The Shaykh : Because the fame of the book among the scholars, its circulation, and their citing it as evidence often suffices in place of the chain of narration. So if there is an obscure book with no fame, and it comes with a chain of narration as you mentioned, and it is weak, then in that case, all the hadiths that this book uniquely contains remain weak, and it is not cited as evidence.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, does it affect the manuscript itself in which it is found?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, this manuscript is unique; we did not find any other manuscript containing these listening sessions, and this manuscript has this defect: a man is unknown, and unknown in the listening sessions.
The Shaykh : Did you not get the answer to your question?
The questioner : It does not differ, I mean, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Did you not get the answer to your question? I am telling you that this book is either famous, in which case the fame suffices in place of the chain of narration, or it is obscure with no fame, in which case every hadith in this book that it uniquely contains becomes weak.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Withdrawal, withdrawal has forms, some of which are natural and some are scientific. The natural ones are those that were in the early period of Islam, which is when a man has intercourse with his wife.
And the other, who is also trustworthy, if he narrates from that trustworthy man, his hadith is weak. This is the limit of precision, and its details will come later. I do not know if the mosque is near here or not...