Ahmad 5966

Its chain of transmission is sahih. Sharik is Ibn Abdullah Nakhai, the judge, whose reliability was established earlier at 659, and we add here that some critics spoke against him without solid grounds, though he did make mistakes in some of his narrations. Yahya bin Main said, "Sharik was not held in regard by Yahya," meaning Qattan, "yet he is thiqah, thiqah." Abu Yaala said, "I asked Ibn Main, 'Which of the two do you prefer, Jareer or Sharik?' He said, 'Jareer.' I said, 'Sharik or Abu Ahwas?' He said, 'Sharik.'" Then he said, "Sharik is thiqah, but he is not precise, he makes mistakes, and he relies on his own memory in preference to Sufyan and Shuba." Bukhari gave him an entry in Tarikh al-Kabir 2/2/238 and said, "He heard from Abu Ishaq Hamdani and Salama bin Kuhayl." He also gave him an entry in al-Saghir 201, and in neither of the two books did he mention any criticism of him. Neither Bukhari nor Nasai listed him among the daif narrators.As for Salama bin Kuhayl, his reliability was established earlier at 706, and we add here Ahmad's statement, "He was meticulous in hadith," and Abu Zura's statement, "He was thiqah, trustworthy, and intelligent." Bukhari gave him an entry in Tarikh al-Kabir 2/2/75.This hadith has already appeared with a similar meaning at 5911, narrated by Thawri from Abdullah bin Dinar from Ibn Umar. We noted there that Bukhari also transmitted it through Thawri's route. It was also narrated by Tirmidhi at 414, from Malik's narration from Abdullah bin Dinar, as we noted at 4508. See also 5902–5904.Qaiqaan, with the first qaf pronounced with damma and the second with kasra, in the diminutive form, is a mountain in Makkah, about twelve miles to its south. What seems clear to me from this is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told them this during the Farewell Pilgrimage or during the Campaign of the Conquest, and Ibn Umar was present at both of these occasions.