What is your response to the campaign "Not everything in the Two Sahihs is authentic," which challenges the authenticity of hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and do you believe the idea of attaching their warning research in a WhatsApp message is appropriate?
The scholars have agreed that Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are the most authentic books after the Holy Quran, and the Ummah has accepted them. The Ummah has agreed upon the authenticity of most of their hadiths, and the consensus of the Ummah is a decisive proof. Thus, the consensus of the scholars of hadith on the authenticity of a narration is like the consensus of jurists on a ruling; it is infallible, and they cannot agree on an error. As for the few hadiths that some imams criticized in the two Sahihs, the correct view is with the two Sheikhs (Bukhari and Muslim). Their existence does not diminish their rank, and many of those who challenge them aim to cast doubt on the Sunnah. It is better not to publish research that attacks the two Sahihs, but rather to publish what clarifies their status and the authenticity of their hadiths.
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