# Why does Bukhari accept a narrator who praised Ali's killer while Shia narrators are rejected? *Bukhari's narrator who praised Ali's killer, and the double standard on Shia reports* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hlhgb2tyt-c/s/1/ - Date: 2021-02-15 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Hypocrisy in the Sunni Hadith Methodology | Mufti Abu Layth (0:00–3:33) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHgB2tyt-c&t=0s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hlhgb2tyt-c/ **Topics:** Narrator criticism; Sahih al-Bukhari (BukhariGate); Sunni-Shia dialogue **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth calls it a double standard that al-Bukhari accepts as trustworthy a narrator who praised Ibn Muljam for killing Ali, while reports from Imam Jafar and other Shia imams are rejected because of their source. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says it is prejudice and a double standard that al-Bukhari accepts as trustworthy a narrator who openly praised Ibn Muljam for killing Ali, while reports from Imam Jafar and the other Shia imams are rejected because they come from Shia sources. **Evidence, his words at 1:54:** “so why do we accept the the one who's praising the person who murdered the ali like this is just this is just ridiculous like we are just so drowned in prejudice and bias” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHgB2tyt-c&t=114s) ## Longer summary Responding to someone who asks how a particular narration can be accepted, Mufti Abu Layth says nobody is obliged to believe it, then makes a point about a narrator he names as Imran ibn [?], a leading figure of the tabi'un whom al-Bukhari uses as a trustworthy narrator on at least two occasions. He says that, as Siyar A'lam al-Nubala and Ibn Hajar's Fath al-Bari record, this man openly praised Ibn Muljam for killing Ali, wrote a well-known poem calling the fatal blow a strike full of taqwa, and according to Ibn Hajar never repented, yet he is accepted because he was counted among the worshippers of the community. Mufti says he is not Shia and disagrees with the Shia, and that he regards Ali, Umar and the others as great companions of the Prophet. He asks whether a narrator who wrote poems praising the Magian who killed Umar would be accepted, and calls it prejudice and hypocrisy that such a narrator is accepted while reports from Imam Jafar and the other Shia imams, such as Shia reports that Husayn wore earrings, are rejected because of where they come from. He says he can understand why this angers Shia Muslims. ## Sources and names cited - Imran ibn Hittan [?] - Imam al-Bukhari - Sahih al-Bukhari - Siyar A'lam al-Nubala - Fath al-Bari - Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - Ibn Muljam - Ali ibn Abi Talib - Umar ibn al-Khattab - Imam Jafar al-Sadiq - Husayn ibn Ali - Shia - tabi'un - taqwa ## Transcript (machine tier, 0:00–3:33) [0:00] if you're to say well how can we accept this narration i don't believe it look nobody's telling you to believe it but let me make a point here let me make a point look there is a rawi there is a narrator by the name of imran ibn right this guy is one of the leading warriors of his time leading of his time he's from the taber in era yeah he is used by bukhari on more than one occasion in his hadith at least two come to my mind straight away where he is being quoted by imam bukhari he's one of the people imam bukhari uses [0:37] as a narrator as in he's trustworthy this guy would openly openly if you look at the nubula if you read fatalbari ibn hajj statement on him this guy would openly praise ibn muljim for killing saydna ali radhillah openly in fact he has a very famous poem saying that when he struck ali in the head to kill him that strike was a strike full of taqwa and like it's blessed and so on and so forth he would openly say these things yet bukhari [1:14] he's okay because he was from the worshipping people of this ummah what kind of let's be honest people i want to ask you a question i'm not shia i disagree with the shia on their points uh i support uh you know the stance of i and my videos are very clear from uh you know i'm not and the shia know this about me i'm not kind of but let's be honest if we had somebody praising al-majusi for killing um let's say there's a narrator in the taberin who writes poems praising the murderer of umar [1:54] would we accept him so why do we accept the the one who's praising the person who murdered the ali like this is just this is just ridiculous like we are just so drowned in prejudice and bias the point is that anybody these were all great companions that you know said ali said omar i i believe these were all great companions of the prophet they were all very close to prophet sadna ali was murdered by namul jim some guy openly praises him and he remains praising him till his deathbed in fact ibn hajjah writes in fatalbari [2:33] some people said he did tawba this guy he says no he didn't he says now we yet bukhari accepts him so we accept him you know up here you know the hypocrisy that we have and this is why it infuriates a lot of the shia people but can you blame them because here's a guy who's killed satan ali and he is somebody who's follows that person and praises him all the time writes poetry not only praising him but praising that he killed ali and then suddenly say yeah this guy is fine we can take from him [3:13] but we can't take from imam jaffar or any of the shia imams if it's in a shia book when they're describing that hussein used to wear earrings why oh because it's coming from that's just stupid let's just be honest i'm trying to be fit so ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment HLHgB2tyt-c/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hlhgb2tyt-c/s/1/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. 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