Ahmad 1247

Its chain of transmission is very daif. Hasan bin Zakwan, Abu Salama Basri, was declared daif by Ahmad, Ibn Main, Ibn Madini, and others. Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy narrators, and Bukhari cited one hadith from him in his Sahih. Bukhari also gave him an entry in al-Kabir 1/2/291 without mentioning any criticism of him. The main charge against him is that he narrated two hadiths from Habib bin Abu Thabit, from Asim bin Damra, from Ali. Ibn Adi said that Hasan actually heard these from Amr bin Khalid, from Habib, and that Hasan bin Zakwan dropped Amr bin Khalid from the middle of the chain. These two hadiths are numbered 1252, and I consider it most likely that the other is 1253. Concealing a link in the chain (tadlis) is a fault, but here the man did mention the intermediate link, so the charge of tadlis falls away. In my view, the more likely conclusion is that he is trustworthy, following Bukhari's practice. See Tahdheeb 2:276-277, and the introduction to Fath al-Bari, 394.Amr bin Khalid Wasiti is very daif. Ibn Main said, "A liar, neither trustworthy nor reliable." Athram said, "I never heard Abu Abdullah," meaning Ahmad bin Hanbal, "declare anyone a liar as explicitly as he declared Amr bin Khalid one." What Abdullah transmitted from his father regarding him will come at the end of the next hadith. See also 845.