Ahmad 5545

Its isnad is sahih. Atarid mentioned in the hadith is Atarid bin Hajib bin Zurara bin Adas, from Banu Tamim. He was a man who used to frequent kings and gain benefits from them, as mentioned in Sahih Muslim and elsewhere. Atarid apostatized after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and followed Sajah, then returned to Islam and satirized her in verses. The story is detailed at greater length than this in Sahih Muslim, 2:150–151, through the route of Jareer bin Hazim, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar. The meaning of the hadith has appeared repeatedly before, at length and in brief, including at 4978, 4979, 5095, 5364."Displaying a garment for sale," Nawawi explained this in his commentary on Muslim, 14:39, saying, it means he offered it for sale, but no one bought it, so he accomplished nothing. Al-qima means the price, as is well known, so they say "qawwama the merchandise, taqwiman." The people of Makkah use the word istiqama for this same meaning. In Lisan al-Arab, 15:202, from Abu Ubayd, "His statement 'if you istaqamta' means 'if you priced it (qawwamta),' and this is the speech of the people of Makkah. They say 'istaqamtu al-mataa,' meaning 'I priced it.' The two are synonymous." As for aqamahu carrying this meaning, I did not find it in the dictionaries, yet it is established, as you can see, in this hadith, both here and in Sahih Muslim. I also found it in the words of Imam Shafii in Al-Risala, and he was the most eloquent of the Arabs of his time and the most knowledgeable of the language of his people. I have discussed this in detail in my commentary on Al-Risala, number 1461.As for Umar's statement, "I saw Atarid selling a garment," in a marginal copy of K and M it reads, "selling a garment of silk." As for "fashtariha" (so buy it), it is established this way in K and M with the weak letter (the ya) retained, which is a permissible and frequently attested form. The ya was omitted in H.