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Clarification That The Chain Of Narration Is Part Of The Religion, And Reports Should Only Be Narrated From Those Who Are Trustworthy, And That Critical Assessment And Evaluation of Narrators For Things That Are True Is Permissible And Is In Fact Obligatory; And That Doing So Is Not Backbiting That Is Forbidden, Rather It Is Defending The Honorable Shari'ah

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Darussalam · Volume 1

Introduction by Imâm Muslim

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[92] Bishr bin Hakam narrated to me, he said: "I heard Yalyâ bin Sa'eed A1-Qattân describe Hakim bin Jubair, 'Abdul-A'la, and Yahyâ bin MiIsâ bin DInâr as weak (in narration) he said: 'His Hadith is nothing' and he classed Müsâ bin Dihqân and 'Eisa bin AbI 'Eisa A]-Madani as weak. And I heard Al-Hasan bin 'Eisa say: 'Ibn Al-Mubârak said to me: "When you come to JarIr, write down all of his knowledge except for reports from three people: Do not write down from him reports from 'Ubaidah bin Mu'attib, As-SarrI bin Ismâ'il and Muhammad bin Sâlim." Muslim said: And there is much that is similar to what we have mentioned of the words of the people of knowledge concerning accused narrators of HadIth and the faults in their reports, for which we have no room to write about here. What we have mentioned is sufficient for those who are wise and understand the way of the MuhaddithIn in discussing and explaining such matters. The reason why they obliged themselves to expose the faults of the narrators of HadIth and transmitters of reports, and to pass judgement on them when asked to, is due to the seriousness of the matter. Reports on matters of religion speak of lawful and unlawful, Narrating from the Trustworthy... commands and prohibitions, exhortation and warning. If the narrator is not sincere and honest, and the one who knows of his faults hears it and narrates it - without explaining his faults to one who is unaware of them then he will be sinning if he does that; betraying the common folk of the Muslims. For he cannot be certain that some of those who hear those reports will not follow and accept them, or some of them, although they - or most of them - are lies that have no basis. Moreover, the authentic reports, which are narrated from trustworthy narrators and the people who are accepted, are so great in number, that there is no need to quote from narrators that are not trustworthy and not accepted. I think that the reason why most of the people of this type narrate these weak AhâdtJj and chains of unknown narrators, and accept them after knowing of their faults, is to show how much knowledge of HadIth they have before the masses, and so that will be said: "How many Ahâdith so-and-so has memorized and recorded!" Whoever follows such a path with knowledge, then he has no share of true knowledge, and it more befitting that he should be called ignorant rather than knowledgeable. Narrating from the Trustworthy... 79

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