AHMAD IBN HANBAL AND THE ISSUE OF VALIDITY OF WEAK HADITH IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICE (AL-`AMAL)

The issue of validity of weak hadith in religious practice (al-`amal) is one of the most controversial topics of hadith, whether in the classical period or today. Since the hadith conveyed the Prophet's practices in his daily life to us, has entered into both muhaddithun's and fuqaha’s interest. It is possible to say that muhaddithun in general have adopted a stricter attitude towards using of weak hadiths in religious practices than fuqaha, and thus defend the idea that they will not be performed with hadiths other than sahih and hasan hadith. However, fukahâ has adopted a more flexible attitude in this regard and has adopted the idea that it can be performed with weak hadiths under certain conditions. We will study in this paper the idea of Ahmad ibn Hanbal abouth using weak hadith in religious practices, who has become famous as a muhaddith although a fiqh sect which is called by his own name.