Attitude towards al-Israa’eeliyyaat
Question

                What is our attitude towards al-Israa’eeliyyaat (reports from Jewish sources)?
Praise be to Allah.Shaykh al-Shanqeeti said:
        It is known that the reports from the Children of Israel 
          [the Jews], which are known as al-Israa’eeliyyaat, may be of three kinds:
        1 – those which we have to believe in, which are those 
          which are shown by the Qur’aan or the sound Sunnah to be true
        2 – Those which we have to disbelieve in, which are those 
          which are shown by the Qur’aan and Sunnah to be false.
        3 – Those which we are permitted neither to believe nor 
          disbelieve, which are those which are not proven in the Qur’aan or Sunnah 
          to be either true or false.
        From this definition we know that with regard to the 
          stories which contradict the Qur’aan and saheeh Sunnah, which are in 
          circulation among them now, claiming that they are from the revealed 
          scriptures, we must reject them because they go against the texts of 
          the sound Revelation which has not been distorted or altered [i.e., 
          the Qur’aan]. And Allaah knows best.