# Is there a single hadith on Jesus's return with a flawless chain?

*The Nawwas ibn Sam'an report, and why every chain examined has a problem*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/38/
- Date: 2021-03-02 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (3:00:24–3:06:13)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=10824s
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**Topics:** Narrator criticism; The second coming of Jesus; Exchanges with Yasir Qadhi

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Every chain he examined among the strongest Bukhari and Muslim reports, including that of al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an, has a criticised narrator, so Qadhi's 'no doubt' fails; preferring al-Bukhari over equal critics is arbitrary.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says every single chain he examined among the strongest reports in Bukhari and Muslim has a problem in it.

**Evidence, his words at 3:02:57:** “where he said this is it doesn't leave there's no doubt how is there no doubt all of these chains are problematic single chain has had a problem in it” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=10977s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth turns to the report of al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an in Sahih Muslim, transmitted by al-Walid, of whom Abu Mushir says he would drop names and deceive and Imam Ahmad that he made many mistakes, so he is out of the question; after him come a narrator called weak and matruk, and a Yahya [?], judge of Homs, criticised for sending reports that did not reach the Prophet. He says he is running over his normal time and has covered only select reports, but these are the strongest Qadhi could present, from Bukhari and Muslim, and every single chain has a problem in it, whether al-Zuhri, Abu al-Zubayr or others; his printout on just seven hadith ran to twenty pages, and he likens Qadhi's day and a half of research to a sewage stream beside the ocean, inviting a discussion. He grants that al-Bukhari including a report indicates he accepted it, but asks why one person's judgement should prevail when critics who challenged it are equal authorities or more senior, calling it arbitrary given Qadhi's claim of no doubt. He adds that one Bukhari report runs through a narrator critics called unreliable and weak, before turning to Qadhi's appeal to well-known companions.

## Sources and names cited

- Yasir Qadhi
- al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an
- Sahih Muslim
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Walid ibn Muslim
- Abu Mushir
- Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- al-Bukhari
- al-Zuhri
- Abu al-Zubayr
- mursal

## Transcript (machine tier, 3:00:24–3:06:13)

[2:59:46] and used to pretend that he actually heard it from the person humble says some of his hadith that he presents are actually fabrications like made up literally made of not even misunderstood but literally made up he's in this chain then you've got abu zubair after him so check that out so you've got abu zubair abu zubair what are the problems with him uh you've got abu hatim says we do not consider him to be reliable in hadith um and imam shafeen even bukhari mentioned him as not reliable hence this narration is

[3:00:24] in muslim right and you've got also now i i'm having to through some of these um this is another rewire in muslim from nawaz ibn samayan that he quoted waleed now check this out we'll lead them to muslim abu mushair mentions that he would narrate hadith and he would he would blag certain names

[3:01:02] drop them deceive people humble says he made many mistakes so he's out the question you've got after him in the chain oh with the right one oh right sorry one moment one moment before i get to to this where's the uh let me just finish that one then i'm going to come to the other two that he said

[3:01:40] so you've got waleed who's unacceptable you've got abdul rahman ibn yazid that i've mentioned there al fala says he's weak his life he says is mathruq then you've got yahya who was the judge of hamz he has been problematized that you know he used to send a lot of hadith that didn't really reach the prophet uh um that some of his hadith have been rejected as well that muhammad ibn assad

[3:02:18] right so sorry yep highlights that several people kind of that they would reject his hadith problematizing it so that's nawasivna samahan who he claimed this rewire which is in muslim then what happens is yasir khadi went on to present uh some chains now as you can see people this obviously takes a lot of time i'm going over my normal time frame and i've only

[3:02:57] done select hadith i'm going to in inshallah in time to come go over the rest of them these are the strongest ones they could possibly present the strongest the strongest people bukhari and muslim i've shown that how are these people utterly you know where he said this is it doesn't leave there's no doubt how is there no doubt all of these chains are problematic single chain has had a problem in it you know whether it was the whether it was zohari whether it was going to be uh all of these people ibrahimovic whether it was going to be

[3:03:36] abuzabay or whether it was going to be even a bouquet whether it was going they all been problematized and the ibrahim one i think i may not have even i think i may have just brushed past that because he was in one of the chains there even was in the bukhari chain and this people this was just a tiny printout of the of the we've got this on oh you know he's speaking about these hundred chains seventy ten every single one we've got this this was a time on just what seven hadith and it was 20 pages i had to print off there's so much

[3:04:14] this whole thing has been he's saying i've done one and a half day research you haven't done anything you haven't even seen the ocean yet you're just like sitting by some it's not even a stream it's some sewage somewhere this is the ocean the ocean this is deep my friend this is some deep stuff and i would love for them to to come and challenge let's discuss this now they may say that look he may say and this is a fair point they may say look yes but some these people have considered them to be sahih

[3:04:53] let's say he we put it in bukhari bukhari's accepted the hadith he's put it there naturally if he's put it there it's an indication that he's accepting it um that that's fair enough but what about the people who are challenging it they are equal dons some are greater is greater than bukhari he's more senior to him i mean uh who why does one person get to say is it not arbitrary you know you're just making an arbitrary judgment you're just saying well you know i'm going with the fact that he said it's okay but a moment ago you said that there's no doubt in these hadith

[3:05:33] no doubt i've shown doubt upon doubt you know there was a hadith in bukhari that was transmitted by uh with yahyab we do not consider him to be rel an evidence reliable and nasa says his is weak unacceptable then he goes on to say okay these companions are not that well known what about major well-known companions let me tell you something people let me show you something this is quite

[3:06:12] interesting right so this is the hadith of aisha that uh he brings up now apart from all these people being problematized here so i want to highlight something apart from even they're not this confusion who he was uh some people say abu hatim says no he was somebody else okay he says he you know used to blag with atleast says uh you know he would send hadith mursal which wouldn't reach the prophet uh now check this out dory transmit something

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment b1OOltqtPTw/s/38. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/38/

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