How does a person distinguish authentic hadiths from fabricated ones, and are there books that clarify fabricated hadiths?
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The questioner : How does a person distinguish authentic hadiths from fabricated ones? And are there books that clarify fabricated hadiths?
The Shaykh : Yes, in this matter one should refer to the specialized scholars who have devoted themselves to hadiths and distinguished their authentic from their weak, just as we refer to a specialized doctor in the case of illness. If a person has a stomach ailment, we do not take him to a doctor of nerves and bones, but to a doctor of the stomach, and so on.
The scholars have explained this, and may Allah reward them for it, and they have made a great effort in it, and we ask Allah to reward them for it. There are books written specifically on fabricated hadiths, such as: "Al-Fawa'id al-Majmu'ah fi al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'ah" by al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him), and others which I do not know of, so one should look into that.
The Shaykh : Yes, in this matter one should refer to the specialized scholars who have devoted themselves to hadiths and distinguished their authentic from their weak, just as we refer to a specialized doctor in the case of illness. If a person has a stomach ailment, we do not take him to a doctor of nerves and bones, but to a doctor of the stomach, and so on.
The scholars have explained this, and may Allah reward them for it, and they have made a great effort in it, and we ask Allah to reward them for it. There are books written specifically on fabricated hadiths, such as: "Al-Fawa'id al-Majmu'ah fi al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'ah" by al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him), and others which I do not know of, so one should look into that.