Ahmad 7356

Its isnad is daif due to the weakness of Asim bin Ubaydullah. But its meaning is sahih, since it is established through another route, as we shall mention, Allah willing.Asim bin Ubaydullah bin Asim bin Umar bin Khattab, his weakness has already been explained at 5229. But he was not alone in narrating this hadith.The freedman of Ibn Abu Rahm, his name is not mentioned in this isnad, as if he were left unidentified. It has been clarified in other narrations that he is Ubayd bin Abu Ubayd Madani, the freedman of Abu Rahm, and he is a trustworthy tabii, as Ajli said. Ibn Abu Hatim gave him a biographical entry in al-Jarh 2/2/411, without mentioning any criticism of him. Ibn Hibban also mentioned him in al-Thiqat, 269, saying, Ubayd bin Abu Ubayd, the freedman of Abu Rahm, whose father's name was Kathir. He narrates from Abu Hurairah, and Asim bin Ubaydullah narrates from him, and Asim's hadith is recorded. Hafiz mentioned in al-Tahdhib, 70, that Bukhari related from Muammal that this Ubayd is Ubayd bin Kathir, then he said, Ibn Hibban affirmed what Bukhari related from Muammal, that the name of Abu Ubayd's father was Kathir. Rahm is spelled with a dammah on the raa and a sakinah on the haa.This hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah, 4002, from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, from Sufyan bin Uyayna, from Asim, from the freedman of Abu Rahm, whose name is Ubayd. This matches the Musnad's narration here with this same isnad, with the addition of naming the freedman of Abu Rahm as Ubayd.Tayalisi narrated it, 2557, from Shuba, from Asim, from Ubayd, from Abu Hurairah, similarly, and added at the end Abu Hurairah's statement to the woman, "Go back," and he (meaning Ubayd, the freedman of Abu Rahm) said, "So I saw her turning back."It will come again in the Musnad at 7946, from Muhammad bin Jafar, from Shuba, with the same chain, and at the end it says, "Go and wash yourself," without mentioning the statement "So I saw her turning back."Ahmad also narrated it similarly at 9725, from Waki, and at 9393, from Abdul-Rahman bin Mahdi, both of them from Sufyan, who is Thawri, from Asim bin Ubaydullah, from Ubayd, the freedman of Abu Rahm, with the same chain. Abu Dawud likewise narrated it, 4174 (4/128 Awn al-Mabud), from Muhammad bin Kathir, from Sufyan Thawri. In the text of Abu Dawud, in the edition of Shaykh Muhammad Muhyi Din, it occurs as "from Ubaydullah, the freedman of Abu Rahm." This addition of the divine name between the two markers of addition is a plain error, I do not know who introduced it and verified it as such.Ahmad also narrated it at 8758, through the route of Layth bin Abu Salim, from Abdul-Kareem (who is an unknown shaykh), from the freedman of Abu Rahm, with the same chain, in abbreviated form. Nasai narrated its meaning in abbreviated form at 2:283, from another route, saying, Muhammad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim (known as Ibn Ulaya) informed us, he said, Sulayman bin Dawud bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Abbas Hashimi related to us, he said, Ibrahim bin Saad related to us, he said, I heard Safwan bin Salim, and I heard nothing else from Safwan, narrating from a trustworthy man, from Abu Hurairah, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a woman goes out to the masjid, she should wash off the perfume as she washes off janaba."This isnad is sahih, were it not for the anonymity of the trustworthy man who narrated it from Abu Hurairah. This man could be Ubayd, the freedman of Abu Rahm, whose narration is given here, or he could be Musa bin Yasar, whose narration we will point to shortly, or he could be someone else. In any case, he is suitable for corroboration and supporting evidence, since Safwan bin Salim described him as trustworthy, along with the likelihood that he was among the tabiin, even though this isnad is not established as sahih due to this anonymity.Ibn Khuzayma narrated it in his Sahih through another route. Munziri said in al-Targhib 3:94-95, and from Musa bin Yasar, who said, a woman passed by Abu Hurairah with her scent wafting strongly, and he said to her, "Where are you headed, servant of the Almighty?" She said, "To the masjid." He said, "And you have perfumed yourself?" She said, "Yes." He said, "Then go back and wash yourself, for I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who goes out to the masjid with her scent wafting strongly, until she goes back and washes herself.'"Munziri said, Ibn Khuzayma narrated it in his Sahih, saying, chapter on the obligation of ghusl for a woman who has perfumed herself before going out to the masjid, and the denial of acceptance of her prayer if she prays before performing ghusl, if the report is sahih. Hafiz (meaning Munziri) said, its isnad is connected, and its narrators are trustworthy, and Amr bin Hashim Bayruti is trustworthy, though there is some discussion about him that does not harm his standing. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah narrated it through the route of Asim bin Ubaydullah, whom some have accepted as acceptable, though he cannot be relied upon as sole evidence. She was only commanded to wash because of the need to remove her scent.Musa bin Yasar is Mutalibi Madani, the uncle of Muhammad bin Ishaq, the author of al-Sirah, and he is a trustworthy tabii. Ibn Main deemed him trustworthy, and Bukhari said in al-Kabir 4/1/98, "He heard from Abu Hurairah." Ibn Abu Hatim gave him a biographical entry at 4/1/168.As for Amr bin Hashim Bayruti, Dhahabi said in al-Mizan, "Truthful, and has been deemed trustworthy," and he quoted from Ibn Adi, who said, "There is nothing wrong with him."This too is a good corroboration for the narration of Asim bin Ubaydullah, and of Abdul-Kareem, from Ubayd, the freedman of Abu Rahm. It may be that he and Musa bin Yasar both witnessed the incident together when Abu Hurairah recounted it, or the two incidents may be identical in meaning. This is sufficient to establish the soundness of the hadith.