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Is it permissible to rely on the authentication and weakening of Hadith chains of transmission (Isnad) in Islamweb's Hadith Encyclopedia, especially after the weakening of the Hadith of Al-Ma'azif (musical instruments) in Sahih Al-Bukhari?

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The Hadith Encyclopedia on the website is useful for facilitating research, but one should not rely solely on its rulings regarding authenticity (sahih) and weakness (da'if), as it is still in the experimental phase and may contain programming errors, such as mixing up the names of weak and reliable narrators. An example of this is the Hadith of Musical Instruments (Ma'azif); the encyclopedia mistakenly ruled it to be severely weak, whereas it is an authentic hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari. Therefore, the encyclopedia's rulings must be verified and not relied upon entirely. The website itself has not ruled the Hadith of Musical Instruments as weak; rather, it has affirmed its authenticity in several fatwas.

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