Ahmad 7136

Its isnad is sahih. Sayyar is Abu Hakam Anazi. Abu Hazim is Salman Ashjai, the freed slave of Izza Ashjaiyya, and he is a trustworthy successor (tabii thiqah). He was deemed trustworthy by Ahmad, Ibn Main, Abu Dawud, and others. He was a companion of Abu Hurairah and sat with him for five years, as will come from him in the Musnad, 7947. Bukhari mentioned him in al-Kabir, 138/2/2, and Ibn Abu Hatim in al-Jarh wal-Tadil, 297/1/2-298.Hafiz said in Fath, 3:302, his statement, "I heard Abu Hazim," refers to Salman. As for Abu Hazim Salama bin Dinar, the companion of Sahl bin Saad, he did not hear from Abu Hurairah.Muslim narrated this hadith, 1:382-383, from Saeed bin Mansur, from Hushaym, with this isnad. Bukhari narrated it, 3:302-303, through the route of Shuba, from Sayyar Abu Hakam, with this as well. Bukhari also narrated it, 4:17, and Muslim, 1:382, both from Mansur, from Abu Hazim, through him. Muslim also narrated it through the route of Jareer, from Mansur.His statement, "he did not commit rafath" Hafiz said, rafath means intercourse, and it is also applied to alluding to it, and to obscenity in speech. Azhari said, rafath is a comprehensive term for everything a man desires from a woman. Then Hafiz concluded that what is meant by it in the hadith is something more general than intercourse and the like. Then he said, a useful note, the fa of rafath may be pronounced with three different vowels in the past and present tense, and the most eloquent is fatha in the past tense and damma in the future tense.His statement, "and did not commit fusuq" Hafiz said, meaning he did not commit an evil deed or a sin.