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**TubOppomo** · 07-28-2011, 08:44 PM

Dear Brother, Assalaamoalaikum

Brother Jive is not addressing the issue of fiqh and hadith. He wishes to know whether all the hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari (subject to the observation made by our brother TripolySunni regarding the title of the book) are sahih or not.

Let me put the question in another way.

It is my understanding that Imam al-Bukhari (May Allah (SWT) Be Pleased with him) collected some 600,000 narrations, memorised some 200,000 of them, sifted through all his collection, spent a whole life deciding which ones to include in his final compilation, performed Istikhara Salaah (whenever he had doubts, I believe), included narrations that look contradictory or containing different messages on one and the same subject (indicating his sincerity and honesty), not to mention other precautions he took in accepting narrations from someone - and finally ending up with 7563 narrations.

Would it still be possible that he knowingly included some "weak" hadiths in his compilation?

This is the question being asked by our Brother Jive.

Brotherly yours
farook

Good question. But what is 'weak' hadith?

I mean to say, how do you classify it?

I understood it to mean a tradition that did not meet the condition for inclusion in his compilation. And as a student some years ago, I heard in a seminar that Imam Bukhari included hadith, for which the chain of transmission had a few weak narrators, but were supported when he included the same hadith with a strong chain of transmission (in a different chapter of his sahih compilation). Maybe the more learned br's and sr's could confirm that one way or another.

Allah Knows Best

07-28-2011, 08:44 PM	#11
TubOppomo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	Dear Brother, Assalaamoalaikum Brother Jive is not addressing the issue of fiqh and hadith. He wishes to know whether all the hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari (subject to the observation made by our brother TripolySunni regarding the title of the book) are sahih or not. Let me put the question in another way. It is my understanding that Imam al-Bukhari (May Allah (SWT) Be Pleased with him) collected some 600,000 narrations, memorised some 200,000 of them, sifted through all his collection, spent a whole life deciding which ones to include in his final compilation, performed Istikhara Salaah (whenever he had doubts, I believe), included narrations that look contradictory or containing different messages on one and the same subject (indicating his sincerity and honesty), not to mention other precautions he took in accepting narrations from someone - and finally ending up with 7563 narrations. Would it still be possible that he knowingly included some "weak" hadiths in his compilation? This is the question being asked by our Brother Jive. Brotherly yours farook Good question. But what is 'weak' hadith? I mean to say, how do you classify it? I understood it to mean a tradition that did not meet the condition for inclusion in his compilation. And as a student some years ago, I heard in a seminar that Imam Bukhari included hadith, for which the chain of transmission had a few weak narrators, but were supported when he included the same hadith with a strong chain of transmission (in a different chapter of his sahih compilation). Maybe the more learned br's and sr's could confirm that one way or another. Allah Knows Best
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