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Silver Pearl · 06:27 AM

This might be of help:

Imaam Nawawi (rahimullaah) said in Kitaab-ul-Adhkaar:

"The ulama among the experts in hadeeth and the experts in law and others have said: it is permissible and (also) recommended that the religious practice concerning good deeds and good character, encouragement to good and discouragement from evil be based (even) on weak hadith as long as it is not forged (maudu).

As for ahkaam (legal rulings) such as what is permitted and what is forbidden, or the modalities of trade, marriage, divorce and other than that: one's practice is not based upon anything other than saheeh or hasan hadeeth, except as a precaution in some matter related to one of the above, for example, if a weak hadeeth was cited about the reprehensibility of certain kinds of sales or marriages. In such cases what is recommended is to avoid such sales and marriages, but it is not obligatory."

However, Sheikh-ul Islaam, Ibn Taymiya (rahimullaah) and Abu Al-Arabi Al-Maliki (rahimullaah) were of the opinion that you could not use weak narrations full stop. There are other scholars who adhered to this opinion. On the other hand there were other scholars who agreed with Imaam Nawawi (rahimullaah) such as Ibn Hajar Asqalani,Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdadi and generally the Hanafi school of thought.

Allaahu'3llaam.

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Silver Pearl LI Oldtimer Status: Offline Posts: 903 Reputation: 12165 Rep Power: 36 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wahid minan naas Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Question on Da3eef Hadiths - 11-16-2007 This might be of help: Imaam Nawawi (rahimullaah) said in Kitaab-ul-Adhkaar: "The ulama among the experts in hadeeth and the experts in law and others have said: it is permissible and (also) recommended that the religious practice concerning good deeds and good character, encouragement to good and discouragement from evil be based (even) on weak hadith as long as it is not forged (maudu). As for ahkaam (legal rulings) such as what is permitted and what is forbidden, or the modalities of trade, marriage, divorce and other than that: one's practice is not based upon anything other than saheeh or hasan hadeeth, except as a precaution in some matter related to one of the above, for example, if a weak hadeeth was cited about the reprehensibility of certain kinds of sales or marriages. In such cases what is recommended is to avoid such sales and marriages, but it is not obligatory." However, Sheikh-ul Islaam, Ibn Taymiya (rahimullaah) and Abu Al-Arabi Al-Maliki (rahimullaah) were of the opinion that you could not use weak narrations full stop. There are other scholars who adhered to this opinion. On the other hand there were other scholars who agreed with Imaam Nawawi (rahimullaah) such as Ibn Hajar Asqalani,Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdadi and generally the Hanafi school of thought. Allaahu'3llaam. __________________ إن العين لتدمع، وإن القلب ليحزن، ولا نقول إلا ما يرضي ربَّنا "The eyes shed tears and the heart feels sadness, but we only say that which pleases our Lord" Last edited by Silver Pearl; 11-16-2007 at 06:27 AM.