Evaluation of the Book *The Lives of the Companions*
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Question:
A message from Syria signed by a listener, (E. A. W.), our brother asks about the book (*The Lives of the Companions*) and cites a number of reports found in that book, asking about their authenticity. What is the opinion of Your Eminence, the Shaykh, first of all, regarding the book?
Answer:
The book mixes the worthless with the valuable, the authentic with the weak. One should benefit from it in what is authentic and verified, and consult other books, such as *Sahih al-Bukhari*, *Sahih Muslim*, *Riyad al-Salihin*, *Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*, *Muntakha al-Akhbar*, and *Bulugh al-Maram*, so that the believer may benefit from these books. Few books, other than the Book of Allah, are free from some weakness or error.
So the result is that the believer benefits from this book in what is authentic and established. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
A message from Syria signed by a listener, (E. A. W.), our brother asks about the book (*The Lives of the Companions*) and cites a number of reports found in that book, asking about their authenticity. What is the opinion of Your Eminence, the Shaykh, first of all, regarding the book?
Answer:
The book mixes the worthless with the valuable, the authentic with the weak. One should benefit from it in what is authentic and verified, and consult other books, such as *Sahih al-Bukhari*, *Sahih Muslim*, *Riyad al-Salihin*, *Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*, *Muntakha al-Akhbar*, and *Bulugh al-Maram*, so that the believer may benefit from these books. Few books, other than the Book of Allah, are free from some weakness or error.
So the result is that the believer benefits from this book in what is authentic and established. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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