another: “Allah would never unite my community upon misguidance.” He said:
“It was narrated by the compilers of the Sunan.”
This too is a lie attributed to all of them, except al-Tirmidhi, who narrated it with the first wording. As for the other wording, Ibn Abi Asim narrated it in al-Sunnah, and its chain is weak, as I demonstrated in Zilal al-Jannah (no. 80). However, it is good on account of its combined chains, as I explained in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah (1331) and elsewhere.
- On p. 96, he mentioned the Prophet’s saying, peace and blessings be upon him: “Pride is rejecting the truth and looking down on people,” and said:
“Al-Bukhari narrated it.”
I say: This too is a lie attributed to him, for Muslim alone narrated it in the Sahih, from Ibn Masud. Al-Bukhari did indeed narrate it in al-Adab al-Mufrad, from Ibn Amr. If that is what he meant, then this is evidence that, out of his ignorance, al-Sabuni does not distinguish between what al-Bukhari narrates in the Sahih and what he narrates elsewhere; otherwise, he would have qualified the attribution by saying, “in al-Adab al-Mufrad”! It is documented in the first volume of this Authentic Series as no. 134, and, Allah willing, it will appear in this volume as no. 1626 with additional documentation and chains.
- On p. 128, he mentioned the hadith: “No people go astray after having been upon guidance without being given to disputation,” and said in documenting it:
“Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad in the Musnad (5/252) narrated it, and he said: ‘Its chain is authentic.’”
I say: He has also lied about Imam Ahmad—even though the hadith itself is