What is the response to the claim that there are weak hadiths in the two Sahihs?
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Question:
Are there weak hadiths in "the two Sahihs"? And how do we respond to those who claim that there are weak hadiths in them?
Answer:
The correct view is: there are no weak hadiths in them; they are all acceptable to the people of knowledge, all authentic and acceptable, received with acceptance by the people of knowledge. Al-Bukhari is at the top, followed by Muslim, except for one hadith that some of the people of knowledge identified as defective. It is the hadith: that Allah created the earth on Saturday... to the end of it. It is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, narrated by Muslim. Muslim narrated it and made the days of creation seven in it, which is an error by some of the narrators. The original hadith is authentic, but some narrators erred by attributing it to the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whereas it is from the words of Ka'b al-Ahbar, not from the words of the Prophet. Some narrators erred in this, and Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) did not notice it, and he narrated it as it reached him from his shaykh.
However, al-Bukhari and a group of scholars explained its defect; because it contains an addition of a day, and Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days, not seven. So this is an error by some of the narrators in what they narrated and attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is actually from the errors of Ka'b al-Ahbar regarding the days in which creation was completed, which are six, not seven.
As for the presence of some words in which some people may err, this may occur in "the two Sahihs" and in other than "the two Sahihs," but the totality of the hadiths are all received with acceptance, and they are all relied upon and authentic.
Are there weak hadiths in "the two Sahihs"? And how do we respond to those who claim that there are weak hadiths in them?
Answer:
The correct view is: there are no weak hadiths in them; they are all acceptable to the people of knowledge, all authentic and acceptable, received with acceptance by the people of knowledge. Al-Bukhari is at the top, followed by Muslim, except for one hadith that some of the people of knowledge identified as defective. It is the hadith: that Allah created the earth on Saturday... to the end of it. It is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, narrated by Muslim. Muslim narrated it and made the days of creation seven in it, which is an error by some of the narrators. The original hadith is authentic, but some narrators erred by attributing it to the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whereas it is from the words of Ka'b al-Ahbar, not from the words of the Prophet. Some narrators erred in this, and Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) did not notice it, and he narrated it as it reached him from his shaykh.
However, al-Bukhari and a group of scholars explained its defect; because it contains an addition of a day, and Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days, not seven. So this is an error by some of the narrators in what they narrated and attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is actually from the errors of Ka'b al-Ahbar regarding the days in which creation was completed, which are six, not seven.
As for the presence of some words in which some people may err, this may occur in "the two Sahihs" and in other than "the two Sahihs," but the totality of the hadiths are all received with acceptance, and they are all relied upon and authentic.
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