Fatwas of Al-Albani - page 161

Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

Fatwas (page 161 of 296)

• If we have a specific narrator who is described as weak in the narration of such-and-such…
• Is al-Waqidi's statement relied upon in establishing companionship and in histories?
• Does the obscurity of a narrator’s identity disappear if two narrators report from him…
• Is what al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi mentioned about al-Khatib, that he stipulated in his book…
• Supplementing the work of al-Hafiz regarding a biography in which he differed and it did…
• The work of al-Hafiz in a biography where there is disagreement and it is not clear to him…
• They mention of some narrators that he has poor memory due to sleeping during the Shaykh's…
• It was reported from Ibn Ma'in that if he said a narrator was weak, he was not trustworthy…
• If a strict scholar in hadith criticism speaks alone, is his statement relied upon in…
• Is the agreement of three imams on authentication without a dissenting opinion considered…
• The al-Hafiz transmitted from al-Hakim in the Introduction that he said regarding Usamah…
• What is the reason the al-Hafiz did not rely on al-Nasa'i's authentication in al-Taqrib…
• The questioner : May Allah preserve you, for example, the teachers of Imam al-Shafi'i…
• Is the man's local region given precedence over other masters of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil…
• Does the Hafiz's criticism of Abu al-'Arab for describing Umayyah ibn Khalid in his book…
• Is the narration of the fifth tier, who are the young of the Tabi'un, connected, even…
• If one says a narrator is weak and another says he is unknown, is it said that the one who…
• If a trustworthy narrator explicitly states that he heard the hadith, but the imams agree…
• If a weak narrator narrates alone from an unknown narrator, and the weak narrator is not…
• And whether a later scholar may identify an unknown narrator from the earlier generations…
• Is their statement (he used to narrate from memory and did not produce a book) that he…
• If the Hafith says there is a difference of opinion regarding its authenticity, what is…
• Is it permissible for a later scholar to rule that a narrator is a practitioner of tadlis…
• If Ibn Abi Hatim mentions the subject of the biography between two Companions among the…
• Our Shaykh, here is a question. Abdullah ibn Ahmad asked his father, "How was your hearing…
• A Return to the Beginning, Regarding Umayyah ibn Khalid and the Criticism of Him by Ahmad…
• Is the statement of al-Hafiz that Ibn Jurayj is little in tadlis regarding Nafi', and that…
• Ibn Jurayj’s hearing of tafsir from Ata: Is it Ata ibn Abi Rabah or al-Khurasani?
• What is the basis for Abu Hatim preferring Ibn Lahi'ah's additional narration over the…
• Is the testimony of one whose integrity has been lost due to lying, even once, or…
• The questioner : Here is a phrase from a shaykh that I also want to know the meaning of…
• What is the nature of the subtle criticism in Ahmad’s statement regarding Ruh ibn…
• Are the narrators mentioned by al-Daraqutni in *The Weak and the Abandoned* considered…
• Is the statement of al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (what he is silent upon is either authentic or…
• Now, here is a question, our Shaykh. Abu Hatim al-Razi was asked about a hadith narrated…
• Is it possible to cite a narrator in one part of his narration and be mistaken in another…
• What is your opinion regarding the statement of Ya'qub ibn Shu'bah: "Our companions merely…
• What is the validity of al-Mu'allimi's statement regarding the preference of the Baghdadi…
• Is studying all the books of terminology, *al-Nukat*, *Fath al-Mughith*, and *Tadrib…
• Does a student’s narration from a mudallis’s book remove the defect of tadlis?
• Is the term "la yasih" (it is not valid) used to indicate severe weakness?
• What is the rationale for some authors of books on 'illahs, which are for hidden 'illahs…
• Some scholars say (we accept the 'an'anah of the one who practices tadlis, provided he…
• What is the answer to the difficulty raised by some students regarding the lack of…
• Is the phrase "the hadith is not well-known" synonymous with "the hadith is denounced"?
• What is the answer to the objection raised by Imam al-San'ani regarding the definition of…
• Is there a difference between *taswiyyah* and *tajwid* in their saying, "So-and-so *sawa*…
• Is the rule that “explained criticism takes precedence over praise” absolute, or is it…
• What is the stronger position among you regarding the term (munkar hadith)? Is it for…
• Does absolute authentication not get overturned by absolute weakening, as the Hafiz said…
• If a Successor narrates a book from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a…
• The Hafiz says of al-Juzjani, the author of *Ahdal al-Rijal* (that he is severe in his…
• How do some hadith scholars criticize certain narrators for having a long beard as a form…
• Why did they pay attention to the Sunnah of dyeing hair to the extent that they mentioned…
• Is the Shaykh al-Shanqiti’s (may Allah have mercy on him) argument that the minimum number…
• Is it said of Ibn Hibban that he is contradictory, given what is known of his leniency in…
• How did the Hafiz reconcile in al-Taqrib, in the fifth rank of the ranks of al-jarh wa…
• If the trustworthy narrator is from the people of innovation, is it a condition for…
• Is a hadith from a Companion (whom the narrator did not hear from) via a Successor to the…
• The questioner : Now, here I ask about the difference between two phrases: when a man…
• Can a party exist without loyalty and disavowal?
• Is every detail of a general principle that the righteous predecessors did not act upon…
• Who are the Salaf al-Salih? And are the Tabi'un among them?
• One who holds the creed of the righteous Salaf but is influenced by some partisanism: is…
• Should we add a new qualifier to the term Salafi so that it does not include some of the…
• What is the difference between the people of hadith and the people of opinion?
• Did the people of the School of Opinion in Kufa deviate from the saved sect?
• The Shaykh Al-Albani’s mention of a discussion that took place between him and one of the…
• Is the one who calls for party blocs outside the Sunnah, the Salaf, and the saved group in…
• Conveying Abu al-Hasan's greeting from Shaykh Rabee' to Shaykh al-Albani, and Shaykh…
• What is the validity of the claim that the call to Islam cannot be established except…
• The authority entrusted to them in this regard is administrative management.
• Does one who opposes the methodology of the Salaf among the contemporary parties join one…
• Is the covenant the pledge of allegiance?
• A word on the relationship of additional innovations to the general texts.
• The innovation of pledging allegiance to anyone other than the Caliph, and that there is a…
• Organization in Islam is not authority. And is it necessary for every undertaking to have…
• Are the Muslim Brotherhood and other contemporary parties not among the seventy-two sects?
• Leaving the beard, and the innovation of what exceeds a handful of it.
• The innovation of placing the hands on the knees after rising from bowing.
• Is every one who innovates a disbeliever, like the Banu Umayyah?
• Does the phrase "The Muslim Brotherhood opposes the Sunnah" imply that they are among the…
• Is there a difference between ruling by other than what Allah has revealed and legislating…
• Can a man be a Sunni while he is afflicted with some religious innovations?
• The Takfirists' use of the hadith (the two Jews who replaced the ruling of stoning with…
• The Shaykh Al-Albani's response to those who accuse the Salafis of being Murji'ah with the…
• The Shaykh Al-Albani’s remarks on 'Abd al-Halim Abu Shuqqa.
• Is it valid for those who declare others disbelievers to cite the incident of the Tartars…
• The Praise of Shaykh Al-Albani for Abu al-Hasan al-Ma'ribi
• Is it a condition to mention a man's good deeds when refuting him?
• The Obligation of Acting Upon Ahad Reports in Matters of Creed and Rulings
• What is the ruling on dividing the rulings of the Shari'ah into principles and branches?
• If a man adopts the opinion of a Companion, and another Companion contradicted him, is it…
• A vision seen by Shaykh Al-Albani.
• Relaying the praise of Shaykh Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) for Shaykh al-Albani…
• If the Muslim ruler suspends the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments), is it permissible for…
• If some Salafi students of knowledge are invited to deliver a lecture in the mosques of…
• Among the similarities to declaring rulers disbelievers is that nothing satisfies them…
• There are some imams who fight against taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his…
• Does the saying of Allah the Exalted, "So, by your Lord, they do not believe until they…