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A COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CREED AND METHODOLOGY OF ORTHODOX MUSLIMS by Imam Muhammad al-Ajurri (d. 360H) – Book Sample

A COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CREED

Why Did the Imams of the Salaf Quote Weak Ahadith In the Books of ‘Aqidah?

1. They would not rely upon a weak badith to establish a fundamental matter of belie£ Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:

“The people of Ifadith would not cite a weak &adith as evidence   to   establish   a   fundamental   from   the fundamentals…”1

• If they would quote a weak &adith normally it was supported by other texts and in accordance to the foundations of the religion.

“They would cite it in support of the fundamentals … “

If the weakness is not severe, then they may mention it as a supporting narration for another mildly weak &adith.

• The weakness of the narrator and any criticism directed at him may have been unknown to them. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:

“They may narrate this – on occasions – because they were unaware it is a lie. This is standard for religious people, because they would not rely upon what they know to be a lie… “

No scholar – regardless of their specialty and expertise – has knowledge of every badith and the condition of every narrator.

But over all those who possess knowledge is the All­ Knowing (Allah). [Yusuf 76]

4. Another reason is that the scholars of the past would narrate abiidith with the chain of narrators and leave the responsibility to the reader or listener to ascertain the authenticity of these abiidith. It used to be said:

“Whoever cites the chain has placed the onus [of verification] upon you.”

Shaykh Albani: said:

“The people of knowledge know that the scholars of badith, if they cite abiidith along with their chains, then accountability is removed from them and the responsibility is lifted, even if there are weak abiidith among them… “

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