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Can Reliable Hadith Narrators (الرواة الثقات) make mistakes? Yes. Reliability does not mean Infallibility. Reliable narrators are still human beings - prone to err, forget and get confused sometimes - like a reliable witness in court. Al-Iraaqi s...

A reliable and authentic chain [سند] does not always mean the Hadith itself is authentic. There may be problems with the content [المتن]. Ibn Al-Jawzi says: ألا ترى أنه لو اجتمع خلق من الثقات، فأخبروا أن الجمل دخل في سم الخياط، لما نفعتنا ثقتهم، و...

Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (المختار الثقفى) offered 10,000 Dinars to whoever fabricates a HADITH from the Prophet about him, prophesizing his rule and praising him. A man said: "I will not lie upon the Prophet, peace be upon him - b...

They asked Imam al-Shawkani: "Why don't you write a commentary on Sahih Bukhari - like others have done?" He replied: 'Laa Hijrah ba'd al-Fath!' - لا هجرة بعد الفتح (there is no Hijrah (no need to go anywhere else) after 'Fath al-Bari' was written ...