Ahmad 4457

Its isnad is sahih. Humayd is Ibn Abu Humayd al-Tawil. Bakr bin Abdullah is al-Muzani. Malik narrated the hadith from Nafi from Ibn Umar (1:307), and the two sheikhs (Bukhari and Muslim) also narrated it, as noted in al-Muntaqa (2405). Abu Dawud also narrated it (2:98), and Munziri attributed it as well to Tirmidhi, Nasai, and Ibn Majah.Al-raghbaa, with the ra pronounced with fatha and elongated, is also transmitted as al-rughba, with the ra pronounced with damma and shortened. Ibn Athir said, "Wal-rughba ilayka wal-amal" (to You is the desire and the deed), and in another version, "wal-raghbaa ilayka," with elongation. Both come from al-raghbah (desire), just as al-numa and al-numaa both come from al-nimah (blessing).Qadi Iyad said in Mashariq al-Anwar (1:295, Faris edition, year 1328), "We transmitted it with the ra pronounced both with fatha and with damma. Whoever pronounces it with fatha elongates it, and this is the version of most of our sheikhs. Whoever pronounces it with damma shortens it, and this is how it was found with some of them. It occurred with both readings together in the transmission of Ibn Attab and Ibn Isa, among our sheikhs." Ibn Sikkit said, "They are two dialectal forms, like al-numa and al-numaa." Some said, "Raghbaa, with fatha and shortened, like shakwaa (complaint)." Abu Ali al-Qali related all three forms.Its meaning here is request and petition.