✦ The Ruling on a Companion’s (Ṣaḥābī’s) Mursal Narration ✦
Source: Fatāwā Amonpuri by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amonpuri
❖ The Question
What is the ruling on a mursal narration of a Companion (Ṣaḥābī)?
❖ The Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu wa-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd:
The mursal narration of a Companion is considered ḥujjah (authoritative evidence). On this, there is consensus among the scholars of ḥadīth and the imams.
❀ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar رحمه الله (d. 852H) said:
قد اتفق الأئمة قاطبة على قبول ذلك
“All the imams unanimously agree on the acceptance of a Companion’s mursal narration.”
(Hudā al-Sārī, p. 378)
❀ He also said:
هو الذى عليه عمل أئمة الحديث
“This is the established practice of the scholars of ḥadīth — to accept the mursal narration of a Companion.”
(al-Nukat ʿalā Kitāb Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ, 2/548)
❖ Conclusion
The mursal narration of a Ṣaḥābī is accepted as evidence, and this is the consensus of the scholars and the established practice of the ḥadīth experts.
✿ ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب ✿
