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judging a report by its content (matn)

Cited in 8 segments across 5 recordings · 2017 to 2020 · principle/principle:matn-criticism

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9 Oct 2020video Can a hadith be rejected because it goes against reason? Mufti Abu Layth says reason is what immediately tells you whether a hadith is sahih, and that an early classical text on hadith says so. Lessonposition checkedaql (reason)judging a report by its content (matn)sahihQuran 2:256 (no compulsion in religion) machine4 min 12 s0:01on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Can a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari be questioned? Sahih means Bukhari and Muslim verified the chains, which says little about the content, since reliable narrators still err and insert explanations; only the few mutawatir reports, mostly practices like the number of units in prayer, are beyond doubt. Mufti Abu Layth says he believes all the hadith on Aisha's age are weak. Discussionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)Aishareport: married her when she was six and consummated the marriage when she was nineSahih al-Bukhari machine6 min 33 s55:51on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How should hadith be evaluated, and did the companions ever misreport the Prophet? Hadith should be judged one by one against the principles of the religion, observation and reason, as the earliest Muslims did before reason was sidelined. Aisha herself rejected several companions' reports, such as the dog, woman and donkey breaking the prayer, the dead punished by weeping, and the bad omen in a woman, showing how reports were misrelayed. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)Jonathan BrownAishaIbn Umar machine6 min 31 s1:05:05on YouTube
8 Jul 2018Responding to Refutations What is the point of checking a hadith's chain of narrators? Chain criticism exists only to judge whether a hadith's content is sound; content against reason, the Quran or Islam's principles is a problem. Treating Bukhari as infallible is nonsense. Discussionposition checkedjudging a report by its content (matn)matn (text of a report)Imam al-BukhariSahih al-Bukhari machine2 min 35 s13:53on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Why do the hadith about Safiyya's marriage contradict each other? Nearly all the reports come through one companion, Anas ibn Malik, who was a teenager at Khaybar and died decades later, and they contradict each other on almost every detail, so none can be taken as it stands. Only two facts are certain: Safiyya left with the Muslims and later became the Prophet's wife. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaAnas ibn MalikSahih al-BukhariImam al-Bukhari machine7 min 52 s11:37on YouTube
21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ How should Muslims judge hadith that say the Prophet took Safiyya on the night of Khaybar? Weigh them against the Quran and the Prophet's character: the story contradicts the widow's waiting period, the verse on no compulsion and everything known of his conduct, and all its versions come from one conflicting source. Mufti Abu Layth says relaying it is a lie against the Prophet and the picture it draws is rape. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaQuran 2:256 (there is no compulsion in religion)Quran 2:234 (widows wait four months and ten days)The Quran takes precedence over an isolated hadith machine5 min 12 s35:13on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Unacceptable reports in the Sahihayn and judging a hadith by its content Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim contain some reports scholars reject as wrong, so a report is judged by its content as well as its chain. Their sanctification came centuries later. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariSahih Muslimal-Tahawithe night journey (al-Isra) machine3 min 58 s30:00on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ Is judging hadith by their content a modern invention of jurists rather than hadith scholars? Judging a report by its content is not modern; it goes back to Ibn Abbas and Imam Malik, who left authentic reports they did not hold to be the sunnah. Hadith absolutism displaced it only at times. Question source not recordedposition checkedImam Malikhadith relativismjudging a report by its content (matn)report: wudu from whatever fire has touched machine5 min 13 s1:49:58on YouTube