What is the authenticity of the hadith of the Gharaniq?
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The questioner : Muhammad al-Ghazali says that Ibn Hajar...
Another questioner : May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Muhammad al-Ghazali claims that Ibn Hajar, in *Fath al-Bari*, regarding the hadith of the Gharaniq, states that Salman Rushdie relied on this hadith in his book *Satanic Verses*. He also says that you authenticated the hadith: So what is your response to that?
The Shaykh : Rely on which question? First, answer that.
The questioner : The first question.
The Shaykh : The first question.
The questioner : I do not know the text of the hadith of the Gharaniq.
The Shaykh : Yes, regarding the first question, I refer you to the thesis "Setting Up Catapults to Overturn the Story of the Gharaniq." Have you heard of this?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is it? What is its name?
The questioner : Setting up.
The Shaykh : Setting up, setting up.
The questioner : Setting up catapults.
The Shaykh : Setting up means establishing.
The questioner : Setting up catapults.
The Shaykh : To overturn the story of the Gharaniq.
The questioner : To overturn the story of the Gharaniq, yes.
The Shaykh : Do you know who the author is? You don't know.
The questioner : You don't know.
The Shaykh : It is the one you are speaking with.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you, this suffices you for what...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In detail.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Muhammad al-Ghazali claims that Ibn Hajar, in *Fath al-Bari*, regarding the hadith of the Gharaniq, states that Salman Rushdie relied on this hadith in his book *Satanic Verses*. He also says that you authenticated the hadith:
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لحم البقر داءThe Shaykh : Rely on which question? First, answer that.
The questioner : The first question.
The Shaykh : The first question.
The questioner : I do not know the text of the hadith of the Gharaniq.
The Shaykh : Yes, regarding the first question, I refer you to the thesis "Setting Up Catapults to Overturn the Story of the Gharaniq." Have you heard of this?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is it? What is its name?
The questioner : Setting up.
The Shaykh : Setting up, setting up.
The questioner : Setting up catapults.
The Shaykh : Setting up means establishing.
The questioner : Setting up catapults.
The Shaykh : To overturn the story of the Gharaniq.
The questioner : To overturn the story of the Gharaniq, yes.
The Shaykh : Do you know who the author is? You don't know.
The questioner : You don't know.
The Shaykh : It is the one you are speaking with.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you, this suffices you for what...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In detail.
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