Thread by @Aal_Moalim

A: Laymen shouldn’t be reading Bukhari.

B: Why?

A: It can cause doubts

B: What Hadith works should they read then?

A: 40 Hadith Nawawi, Riyadh Saliheen etc.

B: Ok let’s scan through Nawawi’s 40 Hadith

Hadith 4: Embryology (very common area for doubt today), details on the issue of divine decree (common area of doubt)

Hadith 5: The concept of Bid’ah (common area for doubts)

Hadith 6: What constitutes “doubtful matters”? How do I know when to act on doubtful matters & when not to?

Hadith 7: How do you give advice to Allah & His messenger?

Hadith 8: The Prophet was commanded to fight. What does this mean? Jihad? What about إلا بحق الإسلام?

Hadith 10: Allah is described as being good. But the human is also good? How to understand this?

Hadith 11: How do I know when it’s appropriate to leave what is doubtful for what is not? Also what is حسن صحيح that Nawawi mentions Tirmidhi saying?

Hadith 12: Do I have to leave off everything that doesn’t concern me? How do I reconcile this with Hadith 13 that says love for your brother what you love for yourself. I love for myself & him guidance and he’s doing things that make him misguided but many say “don’t concern me

Hadith 12: Do I have to leave off everything that doesn’t concern me? How do I reconcile this with Hadith 13 that says love for your brother what you love for yourself. I love for myself & him guidance and he’s doing things that make him misguided but many say “don’t concern me”

Hadith 14: The issue of apostasy law, stoning, Qisas (retribution) all common issues of doubt

Hadith 15: What does “whoever believes in Allah & the last day”mean? Does it mean that those who don’t do these things aren’t believers in Allah and the last day? What is مسمى الإيمان?

Hadith 17: What does it mean to slaughter animals humanely? Does the Islamic method of slaughtering fall in line with what’s considered as “humane slaughter” in modern animal welfare?

Hadith 19: issues pertaining to the divine decree. Also multiple renditions of the same report

Hadith 24: Does Allah also reveal Hadith? Can Allah be unjust? The ‘problem’ of evil

Hadith 27: “Counsel your heart. Righteousness is what the heart is at peace with.” How is this different to the modern notion of do whatever you feel like doing?

Hadith 28: Again the issue of Bid’ah

Hadith 31: “Guide me to an act that the people will love me by”. How do we reconcile this with the concept of Riyaa’ & can we do things to gain the love of the people?

Hadith 32: Nawawi mentions that the report is found in Malik’s Muwatta in ‘Mursal’ form dropping Abu Sa’eed. Nawawi also says that corroborating chains can strengthen each other. Is that correct?

Hadith 38: What constitutes a Wali? What does it mean that Allah declares war against me for showing enmity to a Wali of his?

The same can be done throughout Riyadh Al Saliheen.

So if you fear Bukhari can cause doubts for the layman, these books can also do the same

Also these books are available at the click of a button. In fact you don’t even need to read it yourself. You can listen to it being read on YouTube or on Saudi Sunnah 24/7.

You trying to gate-keep is akin to this: