Is it true that preachers are not required to verify the authenticity of the hadiths they use to admonish people, and is it permissible for them to do so on the condition that they disclose their weakness?
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The questioner : During his talk, he cited a weak hadith. When he finished his lesson and left, he said to him: "O Shaykh, you brought a weak hadith in your lesson." He said: "O Shaykh, a preacher is not held accountable; this is an authentic hadith, and a weak hadith."
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : Yes, indeed. He said a preacher is not held accountable. Yes, indeed, our lessons are for admonition.
The Shaykh : Is his methodology not Salafi?
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Is it permissible to cite a weak hadith, O our Shaykh, in admonitions, if one explains the hadith and says, "This is a weak hadith"?
The Shaykh : As long as he clarifies it, by Allah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As long as he clarifies it, the weak hadith has no effect. But he says: "This is a weak hadith," which means do not act upon it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : Yes, indeed. He said a preacher is not held accountable. Yes, indeed, our lessons are for admonition.
The Shaykh : Is his methodology not Salafi?
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Is it permissible to cite a weak hadith, O our Shaykh, in admonitions, if one explains the hadith and says, "This is a weak hadith"?
The Shaykh : As long as he clarifies it, by Allah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As long as he clarifies it, the weak hadith has no effect. But he says: "This is a weak hadith," which means do not act upon it.
The questioner: Yes.
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