Weak narrations in Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan and the Mustadrak

10-8-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

Do the saheeh collections of ibn Hibbaan and Al-Mustadrak of Imaam Al-Haakim contain any weak narrations?
Answer:

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Yes, there are indeed weak narrations in Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan and in the Mustadrak of Al-Haakim may Allaah have mercy upon them. That is because Ibn Hibbaan may Allaah have mercy upon him did not restrict his narrations to trustworthy narrators; rather sometimes he may narrate from unknown people.

As regards Al-Haakim may Allaah have mercy upon him he is even more lenient than Ibn Hibbaan. His book Al-Mustadrak contains even some fabricated narrations. Ath-Thahabi critiqued many of the narrations reported by him. For more benefit, please refer to Sharh-As-Sakhaawi Li-Alfiyyatul-'Iraaqi. 

Moreover, many narrations, which Ibn Hibbaan reported in his book, and which Al-Haakim reported in Al-Mustadrak, were classified by Shaykh Al-Albaani may Allaah have mercy upon him as weak. In addition, in the critique of Ath-Thahabi may Allaah have mercy upon him on Al-Mustadrak of Al-Haakim, Ath-Thahabi, opposed Al-Haakim in many cases, in his judgment about the narrations that he classified as authentic.

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