You mentioned that a weak hadith can be strengthened by its like and itself? How is this possible, and what is your evidence?
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The questioner : You mentioned that a weak hadith can be strengthened by itself in one of your books?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Well, it is elevated through the narrations.
The Shaykh : Through what?
The questioner : Corroborating narrations?!
The Shaykh : Do not fight me with your eyes regarding my question; two weak ones outweigh a strong one, do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, and do you know from the Noble Qur'an that the testimony of a woman is half that of a man? So if eight women outweigh two men, because their testimony is stronger!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the testimony of a woman being half is weak; does it establish, meaning, does it establish a legal right with the testimony of one woman? The answer is: No, but if it is joined with [another], it is strengthened.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if two women are joined with it?
The questioner : Stronger.
The Shaykh : It increases, stronger, and so it is with the hadith. When the scholars of hadith said that a hadith is strengthened by its routes, they took that from the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : O Shaykh, O Shaykh, O Shaykh, may Allah honor you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Well, it is elevated through the narrations.
The Shaykh : Through what?
The questioner : Corroborating narrations?!
The Shaykh : Do not fight me with your eyes regarding my question; two weak ones outweigh a strong one, do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, and do you know from the Noble Qur'an that the testimony of a woman is half that of a man? So if eight women outweigh two men, because their testimony is stronger!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the testimony of a woman being half is weak; does it establish, meaning, does it establish a legal right with the testimony of one woman? The answer is: No, but if it is joined with [another], it is strengthened.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if two women are joined with it?
The questioner : Stronger.
The Shaykh : It increases, stronger, and so it is with the hadith. When the scholars of hadith said that a hadith is strengthened by its routes, they took that from the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : O Shaykh, O Shaykh, O Shaykh, may Allah honor you.
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