Is the narration of an innovator rejected if he is calling to his innovation?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the narration of an innovator, if he is calling to his innovation, is his hadith rejected in its entirety?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : All right, we look at the hadith first, or not.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : We look at the hadith if it is in agreement with the innovation or not in agreement with it?
The Shaykh : No, no, the important thing is that he is trustworthy and a memorizer.
The questioner : Trustworthy and a memorizer.
The Shaykh : And his innovation does not harm us, for his innovation is upon himself.
The questioner : Even if the hadith is in agreement with it...
The Shaykh : Do you not see that al-Bukhari narrates from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The Khariji.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, but if there is a side doubt in his narration, not because he is an innovator, but because of his opposition to some Islamic principles or the like, then it is criticized. But not because he is an innovator.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : All right, we look at the hadith first, or not.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : We look at the hadith if it is in agreement with the innovation or not in agreement with it?
The Shaykh : No, no, the important thing is that he is trustworthy and a memorizer.
The questioner : Trustworthy and a memorizer.
The Shaykh : And his innovation does not harm us, for his innovation is upon himself.
The questioner : Even if the hadith is in agreement with it...
The Shaykh : Do you not see that al-Bukhari narrates from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The Khariji.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, but if there is a side doubt in his narration, not because he is an innovator, but because of his opposition to some Islamic principles or the like, then it is criticized. But not because he is an innovator.
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