Does a weak hadith improve through multiple chains of transmission?
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Question:
The hadith regarding the basmalah in wudu, are all its chains weak?
Answer:
But some of them graded it as hasan, meaning hasan li-ghayrihi, such as Ibn al-Salah and a group of scholars, and Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) in his tafsir said: it is from the category of hasan, as in his tafsir of Surat al-Ma'idah.
Q: Severe weakness with multiple chains: does the hadith improve?
The Shaykh: No, severe weakness does not improve the hadith.
Q: Are two chains sufficient ...?
The Shaykh: Two chains, or more than two chains, the more the better, if the weakness is slight; it becomes hasan li-ghayrihi.
The hadith regarding the basmalah in wudu, are all its chains weak?
Answer:
But some of them graded it as hasan, meaning hasan li-ghayrihi, such as Ibn al-Salah and a group of scholars, and Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) in his tafsir said: it is from the category of hasan, as in his tafsir of Surat al-Ma'idah.
Q: Severe weakness with multiple chains: does the hadith improve?
The Shaykh: No, severe weakness does not improve the hadith.
Q: Are two chains sufficient ...?
The Shaykh: Two chains, or more than two chains, the more the better, if the weakness is slight; it becomes hasan li-ghayrihi.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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