Question:
Can one take into its Aqeedah narrations from ahad hadith?
Answer:
The vast majority of the Scholars consider that sound (sahih) ahad hadiths are obligatory to practice and believe without the incurring of disbelief (kufr) but only sin (fisq) for whoever denies their validity, and the ruling of kufr applies only to mutawatir narrations such as the Qur’an and non-ahad hadiths. However, the collective weight of certain ahad hadiths whose meaning – short of their actual chains – has tawatur status, dictates that they be included in `aqida, this being the case of many of the narrations pertaining to the afterlife although those of the punishment in the grave are mutawatir.
Hajj Gibril
