Discussion of the narration of Ibn Lahi'ah

The questioner : Shaykh, something like this is reported from Ibn Ma'in regarding the narration of Ibn Lahi'ah.

The Shaykh : What exactly is reported?
The student : From Ibn Ma'in.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Regarding the narration of Ibn Lahi'ah, concerning the denial of the issue of his mixing [of narrations] and the burning of his house, and he says: This statement is not correct, that the man was a mixer from beginning to end.

The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student : And I have seen some of the young people relying on this to weaken the narration of Ibn Lahi'ah absolutely.

The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, it requires study.
The student : I mention Ibn Rajab, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes?
The student : Ibn Rajab in *Al-Ilal*.

The Shaykh : Who is he?
The student : Ibn Rajab.

The Shaykh : Ibn Rajab.
The student : He mentioned a number of scholars who hold that the narration of Abdullah ibn ... and Abdullah ibn Wahb is more just than the narration of ... .
Another student : This is well known.

The Shaykh : That it is what?
The student : That it is more just than the narration of others.

The Shaykh : Yes, and this is what al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar adopted in *Al-Taqrib*.
The student : In that case, I say this statement can be applied to those other than the ones mentioned.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Or another answer: One who knows is a proof against one who does not know.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : That you denied this distinction, and this distinction was affirmed by someone else.