Ahmad 7226

Its isnad is sahih. It is in the Muwatta, p. 68. It is also there as the third of three texts, p. 131.Bukhari narrated it just as Malik narrated it. He narrated it alone in 2:79-80, from Abdullah bin Yusuf, from Malik. Then he narrated the three texts together in 2:116, from Qutayba, from Malik. Hafiz did not notice this, so he strained himself to explain Bukhari's procedure in the second place, saying, "It seems that Qutayba narrated it from Malik combined in this way, so the author did not alter it, as was his habit in abridging." But in fact Bukhari simply did what Malik did, Qutayba had no part in that, except that he narrated the Muwatta as it stands.As for Muslim, he narrated the text found here alone in 1:128, from Yahya bin Yahya, from Malik. Then he narrated the two texts that come before it, in the longer version found in the Muwatta, alone in 2:105, also from Yahya, from Malik."The call" means the adhan."Yastahimu" means "they draw lots.""Tahjir" - Ibn Athir said, "Tahjir means hastening early to anything, and rushing toward it. It is said, hajara, yuhjiru, so he is muhjir, and this is a Hijazi usage." He meant hastening to the first part of the prayer time.As for his words, "wa law yalamu," occurring in both places, this is how it stands in H and M, and a mark was placed over them in M to indicate that it is established this way. In K, in both places, it reads "wa law yalamuna," which agrees with what is found in the Muwatta and the Sahihayn. What is established with the dropped nun can be explained by the permissibility of omitting it for brevity, just as Kirmani did in explaining what was reported that in some narrations it reads "thumma la yajidu.""Wa law habwan" - Ibn Athir said, "Habw means to walk on one's hands and knees, or on one's buttocks. Haba the camel means when it kneels down then crawls from exhaustion, and haba the child means when he crawls on his buttocks."