بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
I spoke to a leading Hadith scholar and academic about certain comments that shaykh Akram Nadwi has made about Surah Kahf. His comments are below:
"As for the merit of Surat al-Kahf in absolute terms it is narrated in the two Sahihs.
As for the merit of reciting Surat al-Kahf on the day of Jumua it is also authentic and narrated in Sunan al-Darimi with a sahih chain but as a saying of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri which nevertheless has the hukm of a Prophetic narration as per the rules of the huffaz of hadith. Ibn Hajar declared it hasan in his takhrij of the Adhkar and he said it was the strongest hadith on the merit of reading Surat al-Kahf on Jumu`a.
There is also a marfu` narration of the same by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak but al-Dhahabi pointed out it contains Nu`aym b. Hammad. However, al-Bayhaqi in the Sunan and Fada'il al-Awqat produced a mutabi` for him, i.e. a corroborant chain. So this is also strong, not to mention in conjunction with the mawquf version.
Even if everything were weak it would still carry weight as recommended actions. There is consensus among the hadith scholars in both theory and practice that weak hadiths can and are indeed used in fada'il al-a`mal. This is an actual fact that no one who reads can dispute. Only Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi dissented in his Qawa`id al-Tahdith, adducing some proofs which turned out to be all wrong without exception but al-Albani followed him in this utterly flawed reasoning.
As for multiple weak narrations they do strengthen each other unless they are very weak. Only da`if jiddan narrations cannot serve as a strengthening factor. This was settled a long time ago among the scholars and the dissents are not considered valid opinions.
Akram al-Nadwi's formation is in Arabic just like Dr. Abu al-Hasan al-Nadwi's forte was Arabic and da`wa. Akram's contribution to the history of women scholars are a welcome addition to the literature; but his views on hadith science do not carry weight in light of the agreements of the huffaz on all these points..."
I spoke to a leading Hadith scholar and academic about certain comments that shaykh Akram Nadwi has made about Surah Kahf. His comments are below:
"As for the merit of Surat al-Kahf in absolute terms it is narrated in the two Sahihs.
As for the merit of reciting Surat al-Kahf on the day of Jumua it is also authentic and narrated in Sunan al-Darimi with a sahih chain but as a saying of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri which nevertheless has the hukm of a Prophetic narration as per the rules of the huffaz of hadith. Ibn Hajar declared it hasan in his takhrij of the Adhkar and he said it was the strongest hadith on the merit of reading Surat al-Kahf on Jumu`a.
There is also a marfu` narration of the same by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak but al-Dhahabi pointed out it contains Nu`aym b. Hammad. However, al-Bayhaqi in the Sunan and Fada'il al-Awqat produced a mutabi` for him, i.e. a corroborant chain. So this is also strong, not to mention in conjunction with the mawquf version.
Even if everything were weak it would still carry weight as recommended actions. There is consensus among the hadith scholars in both theory and practice that weak hadiths can and are indeed used in fada'il al-a`mal. This is an actual fact that no one who reads can dispute. Only Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi dissented in his Qawa`id al-Tahdith, adducing some proofs which turned out to be all wrong without exception but al-Albani followed him in this utterly flawed reasoning.
As for multiple weak narrations they do strengthen each other unless they are very weak. Only da`if jiddan narrations cannot serve as a strengthening factor. This was settled a long time ago among the scholars and the dissents are not considered valid opinions.
Akram al-Nadwi's formation is in Arabic just like Dr. Abu al-Hasan al-Nadwi's forte was Arabic and da`wa. Akram's contribution to the history of women scholars are a welcome addition to the literature; but his views on hadith science do not carry weight in light of the agreements of the huffaz on all these points..."
