The Shaykh’s remarks on the permissibility of al-Mizzi, the hadith master, overlooking the biographies of some narrators, and how much more so for those below him in rank.
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The questioner : He mentions all the narrators regarding the subject of the biography.
The Shaykh : If you understand the meaning of this, it does not deviate, and there is no general rule that does not have exceptions.
The questioner : This is now a different matter.
The Shaykh : No, it is a different matter; is it not the case that no matter how much knowledge a person encompasses...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, let us leave the topic and say to you: Is it impossible that al-Mizzi overlooks the eminent among the sheikhs and the eminent among the narrators?
The questioner : We say: It is impossible that he overlooks them.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; if this one might overlook them, then these ones will not overlook them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The letters that caught my attention were a letter regarding the saying of Ibn Mas'ud:Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 789 Do you remember where it is reported?
The Shaykh : If you understand the meaning of this, it does not deviate, and there is no general rule that does not have exceptions.
The questioner : This is now a different matter.
The Shaykh : No, it is a different matter; is it not the case that no matter how much knowledge a person encompasses...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, let us leave the topic and say to you: Is it impossible that al-Mizzi overlooks the eminent among the sheikhs and the eminent among the narrators?
The questioner : We say: It is impossible that he overlooks them.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; if this one might overlook them, then these ones will not overlook them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The letters that caught my attention were a letter regarding the saying of Ibn Mas'ud:
Ibn Mas'ud was heard to say, "You are living at a time when there are many men of understanding and few orators. There are few who ask and many who give. In it there is more action than diversion. After you there will come a time when there are few men of understanding and many orators. There will be many who ask and few who give. Guidance in it directs action. Know that right guidance at the end of time is better than some actions."
أنتم في زمان كثير فقهاؤه ، قليل خطباؤه ، وسيأتي زمان كثير خطباؤه قليل فقهاؤه
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