Status Of The Report On The Barking Of The Dogs Of حوأب At Ayesha
السلام عليكم Thank you so much, Ali Bhai! However I prefer not to trust these scholars when it comes to reports which are against the messengers of Allah and their اهل بيت (their wives, عليهن السلام). Remember how embarrassing reports about Suleiman and Musa عليهما السلام have made their way to Bukhari. Like Sheikh Atabek Shukurov says, unfortunately, the Muhaddithoon just look at the chains and say this report is authentic, when they also had to look at the texts of the reports, which are the actual problem and not the isnad (so, if someone alleges that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to pray five times a day, he may be liar, but it doesn’t matter because the Sunnah is also this. I’m not saying that chains should not be checked but that the texts are the actual thing.) Also, when it comes to reports in which they contend that “commandments” are not present, they go easy on their chains, like is reported from Ibn Abi Sheba (I’m not 100% sure that it was him, though, but most probably), one of the teachers of Imam Bukhari and someone held to be one of the primary authorities in the field. I trust Engineer Sahab that if he quotes a report, it will be authentic according to these scholars or, at the very least, some of them. So, how these scholars view these reports are not the problem.
السلام عليكم Have you watched the video of Dr. Hafiz Zubair I sent, brother mine? If you did, please let me know the point(s) you disagree with him on. If you haven’t, please do watch it. We can’t just take names and say that because these people thought it was so, it must be so. We require evidence and Dr. Hafiz Zubair presented evidence. Also, reports have a lot of political and ideological biases. So, an individual or a group will fabricate or contort a report or reports to show that their view is correct. The Muhaddithoon know this and are themselves victims of this too. You can watch this video for a very brief overview of these biases: https://youtu.be/xPnr07wd13g