Ahmad 7450

Its chain of transmission is sahih. Amash's uncertainty about the companion, whether it was Abu Hurairah or Abu Saeed, does not affect its soundness, as is obvious.Haythami mentioned the hadith in Majma al-Zawaid, 10:216, and said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its men are the men of the sahih." Suyuti mentioned it in Jami Saghir, 3348, and attributed it to Ahmad alone from the hadith of Abu Hurairah or Abu Saeed, and attributed it to Samawayh from the hadith of Jabir. Its commentator Munawi said, "Haythami said, the men of Ahmad are the men of the sahih, this is what he mentioned in one place. He repeated it in another place, and said, in it is Aban bin Abu Ayyash, who is disregarded." This statement from Munawi is not precise, for it implies, first, that the discussion concerns the hadith of Jabir, which is not the case, and it implies, second, that Haythami's statement in both places refers to this hadith, which is also not the case.As for the hadith of Jabir, Ibn Majah narrated it, 1643, in brief form, through the route of Abu Bakr bin Ayyash, from Amash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, as a raised report, "Allah has those He frees at every breaking of the fast, and that is every night." Busiri said in his Zawaid, "The men of its chain are trustworthy." Haythami mentioned it in Majma al-Zawaid, 10:149, at greater length, with the wording, "Allah has those He frees from the fire every day and night, in the month of Ramadan, and every Muslim has a supplication he makes that is answered for him." Haythami said, "Bazzar narrated it, and its men are trustworthy," and he pointed to the abbreviated narration of Ibn Majah. So this is Jabir's hadith from a different route than the route of this hadith, and different from the route of the narration containing Aban bin Abu Ayyash. We have benefited from it in explaining this concise hadith.As for the other hadith, the one containing Aban bin Abu Ayyash, Haythami mentioned it in two places in Majma al-Zawaid, 3:143 and 10:149, and it is from Abu Saeed Khudri alone. Its wording in the first place is, "Allah has those He frees every day and night, meaning in Ramadan, and every Muslim has an answered supplication every day and night." He said, "Bazzar narrated it, and in it is Aban bin Abu Ayyash, who is daif." Similarly in the second place, except that he said, "those He frees from the fire," and did not mention "meaning in Ramadan." Haythami said, "Tabarani narrated it in Awsat, and in it is Aban bin Abu Ayyash, who is disregarded."So this is the hadith of Abu Saeed containing Aban bin Abu Ayyash, different from the hadith found here, and different from the hadith of Jabir, even though they share a similar meaning. Hafiz Haythami did not do well in failing to distinguish between them in these places, and then in allowing the attribution of Abu Saeed's hadith to the two books of Bazzar and Tabarani, when it is a single hadith, attributing it to one of them in one place and to the other in another.