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A Major Error Related to Ḍa’īf Ḥadīth

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  Ḥujjatul Islām ‘Allamah Khalid Mahmud (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "A major error in the present era regarding ḍa’īf (weak) ḥadīth, which almost everyone is guilty of, is that as soon as they hear a ḍa’īf (weak) ḥadīth, a kind of hatred arises in them, and they begin talking about abandoning it.” While warning about this, he explained with two examples that this behavior is not correct. 1. He said, “I am a weak man, are you listening to me with attention, enthusiasm and love or not?” Students: “Yes.” He replied,  “The first lesson learnt from this point is that do not hate the ḍa’īf (weak), as soon as it comes to the question of a ḥadīth that it is weak, an emotion arises that says leave it, abandon it.  Therefore, spread the word among people that one should not hate the ḍa’īf (weak).” 2. “There is a healthy man, a weak man and a dead man, now tell me, is the weak one closer to the dead or the healthy one?” Students: “He is closer to the healthy one.” 'A...

Dispelling Rumours: Beneath the Banner of the Flood

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Another rumour has been circulating: that the resistance is safe in the tunnels while the people are suffering and being persecuted. I heard some corrupt Shaykhs from outside Ghazza repeating this, and the Jewish media supported these rumours through cartoons, mockery, and misleading news...and how strange!  The Jews tell the resistance leadership: leave the tunnels and don't hide in them, for this is cowardice. And we say to them, using the same logic: remove the separation wall, stop the surveillance systems, and then fight us face to face, you cowards! Our trenches and tunnels are not cowardice, you cowards! The battlefields know our might, and your heavy tanks know their small size when our Mujahideen ride on them. Our tunnels are a tactic and an art of warfare that the nature of the battle and your cowardice have forced upon us from direct confrontation. I say this so that no one laughs at the Muslims and shakes their self-confidence! To be realistic, believe me, tunnels are n...