Hâfız İbn Abdilber’in (Öl. 463/1071) Alimler Nezdinde Meşhur Olması veya İçeriğiyle Amel Edilmesi Nedeniyle Zayıf Hadisi Makbul Sayması

Abstract

In this research, I tried to elaborate on a scientific method used by a large number of early and late imams, that is, the acceptance of some ḥadīths from which some of the conditions the ḥadīths scholars stipulated for the authenticity of the chain of transmission. According to this view, if two conditions are met in those weak hadiths, namely: if it has popularity among ḥadīth scholars, and if the ḥadīths are implemented by ḥadīth scholars without objection, weak ḥadīths are adopted. It has been proven in this research that Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr al-Andalusi was one of those scholars who used this method to accept the weak ḥadīth that was well-known among scholars and they implemented, even if some of the conditions of validity ḥadīth scholars stipulated were missing from it. In addition, their implementation of the ḥadīth is sufficient to prove that the ḥadīth has an origin in their view. Through thirteen ḥadīths I collected after perusing Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr’s two works, Al-Tamheed and Al-Isthkar, I observed that Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr also adhered to this method, so it is not up to him to release it. After analyzing the hadiths, I went on to mention the scholars whose opinions are in line with that of Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in accepting weak ḥadīths on the conditions of popularity and implementation. Lastly, I will also discuss Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr’s criteria to determine whether the ḥadīth is weak in the first place.