- أحاديث معلة ظاهرها الصحة -

Why did Sheikh Muqbil author this book? Sheikh 'Abdulhameed Az-Zu'kari hafidhahullah said: The reason for writing the book 'Defective hadiths that are seemingly authentic' is that, our Sheikh Muqbil rahimahullah used to search for authentic hadiths (outside of the two saheeh compilations of Bukhari and Muslim) by investigating their chains of transmission and then collecting them in 'Sahih Al-Musnad' (another famous book compiled by Sheikh Muqbil). But sometimes, after placing the hadith [in 'Sahih Al-Musnad'], he may discover while searching in the books of the people of knowledge from the past that the early scholars had weakened the hadith, so he said rather than let the research go to waste, I will collect these hadiths in a separate book entitled 'Defective hadiths that are seemingly authentic', and so he would remove these hadiths which appeared defective from Sahih Al-Musnad and place them into the book 'Defective hadiths that are seemingly authentic'. So, our Sheikh Muqbil in this time is considered an imam from the scholars of 'ilal, to the extent where our Sheikh Yahya hafidhahullah said in his biography: "He is an imam of hadith and its hidden defects ('ilal), [he knows] the specific, general and ambiguous." This is what distinguishes his checkings from the authentications of Sheikh Albani, because Sheikh Albani (rahimahullah) may oppose the early comers. You may find the hadith has been adjudged to have a hidden defect by the likes of Tirmidhi, Bukhari, Abu Hatim, or Ad-Daaraqutni, but Sheikh Albani looks at its chain of transmission and says it is a fair hadith (Hasan) or such-and-such hadith (grading). On the other hand, Sheikh Muqbil says; No, إعلال المتقدمين مقدم على تصحيح المتأخرين 'The i'laal (declaring a hadith to have a hidden defect) of the early comers is given precedence over the authentication of the late comers.' That is because the most that the late comer can achieve, is to find the original manuscripts written by the authors themselves (wijaadah). As for them (the early comers), they used to memorise the hadiths. For example, you have the hadiths of Al-Wad'aaniyyah. This Al-Wad'aani would come to a chain from the most authentic chains of transmission in the world and he would stick it onto a fabricated hadith. These kind of people are known as 'Surraaq Al-Hadith' (thieves of hadith); thief in the sense that the chain of narration is seemingly authentic, but it is taken and placed on a fabricated hadith. So the miskeen (the one who is not well grounded in the science of hadith) comes along and finds [a chain of transmission which reads]: حدثنا أبو اليمان أخبرنا شعيب عن الزهري عن سالم عن أبيه [and he thinks] Maa Shaa Allah! This chain of transmission was used by Bukhari in transmitting a Saheeh hadith. Meanwhile, the expert in 'ilal is able distinguish that this is a stolen hadith; an inauthentic hadith. Source: https://t.me/A_lzoukory/64544