Ahmad 7713

Its chain of transmission is sahih, despite the fact that one of its narrators is unnamed, for the man has been identified, as will be explained. This hadith, with this chain, appears in the tafsir of Abdul-Razzaq, at the end of Surah Malaikah, which is Surah Fatir. Hakim likewise related it in al-Mustadrak 2:427–428, by way of Ishaq bin Ibrahim, that is, Dabari, from Abdul-Razzaq, with the same chain. The unnamed man, from the tribe of Ghifar, is Maen bin Muhammad Ghifari. This becomes clear from the narration of Bukhari in his Sahih 11:204, by way of Umar bin Ali Muqaddami, from Maen bin Muhammad Ghifari, from Saeed bin Abu Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet, who said, "Allah has excused a man whose life He extended until he reached sixty years." Then Bukhari said, "Abu Hazim and Ibn Ajlan also related it, following him, from Maqburi."Hafiz stated explicitly in al-Fath that the unnamed man in this Musnad narration is Maen bin Muhammad Ghifari, and regarding the Musnad narration he said, "It is a strong corroboration for Umar bin Ali."Maen bin Muhammad bin Maen bin Nadla Ghifari is trustworthy. Bukhari gave him an entry in al-Kabir 4/1/390, and Ibn Abu Hatim in 4/1/377, and neither of them mentioned any criticism of him. Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy narrators. He has been marked in al-Tahdhib and al-Taqrib with the symbol for Muslim alongside Bukhari, but this is an error, the correct symbol should be that of Tirmidhi instead of Muslim, as in al-Khulasa, and this is supported by the fact that he is given an entry in Rijal Sahihayn on page 498 among those narrated from solely by Bukhari, not Muslim.The corroboration by Abu Hazim, which Bukhari pointed to, will appear in the Musnad at 9383, and Tabari likewise related it in al-Tafsir 22:93 (Bulaq edition), by way of Yaqub bin Abdul-Rahman, from Abu Hazim. Hafiz mentioned in al-Fath that Nasai and Ismaili also related it. The corroboration by Ibn Ajlan, which Bukhari also pointed to, will appear in the Musnad at 8245, and Hafiz did not cite it from any source other than the Musnad.We add further that Abu Mashar corroborated him, from Saeed bin Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah, and this corroboration will appear in the Musnad at 9400. We add a second corroboration, that Layth bin Saad corroborated him, from Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah. This corroboration was related by Hakim in al-Mustadrak 2:427, from the narration of Abdullah bin Salih, from Layth. Hakim said, "Sahih according to the criterion of Bukhari, though the two of them did not include it," and Dhahabi agreed with him. He marked it with the symbol of Bukhari, as in the handwritten summary I have, on page 332, while in the printed summary it appears as [B M], which is an error on the part of the printer. This is supported by the fact that Abdullah bin Salih, the scribe of Layth, was not narrated from at all by Muslim in his Sahih.The hadith then has another corroboration, a daif one. We mention it here for the sake of clarification and to complete the discussion. Tabari related it in al-Tafsir 22:93 (Bulaq edition), by way of Baqiya bin Walid, who said, Mutarrif bin Mazin Kinani told us, who said, Muamar bin Rashid told me, who said, I heard Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman Ghifari say, I heard Abu Hurairah say, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has indeed excused the man who reaches sixty or seventy years." Hakim likewise related it in al-Mustadrak 2:427, by way of Bakkar bin Qutayba, the judge in Egypt, who said, Mutarrif bin Mazin told us, who said, Muamar bin Rashid told us, I heard Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman Ghifari say, I heard Abu Hurairah say, and he then related something similar at greater length.This chain of transmission is utterly collapsed, it has no standing whatsoever. Mutarrif bin Mazin Kinani Sanani is extremely daif, Ibn Main accused him of lying, and he has a lengthy entry in al-Tajil pages 404–405, and Lisan Mizan 6:47–48, and al-Kabir by Bukhari 4/1/398, and al-Saghir page 215, and Ibn Saad 5:298, and Ibn Abu Hatim 1/4/314–315, and al-Duafa by Nasai, page 28.Furthermore, as for this successor whom Mutarrif named Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman Ghifari, and to whom he attributed the narration from Abu Hurairah, and claimed that Muamar related it from him, I have found no mention of him nor any entry for him in any of the references available to me. I think that Mutarrif saw Muamar's narration from a man of the tribe of Ghifar, from Saeed, from Abu Hurairah, and his memory failed him and the matter became confused for him, so he ventured to attribute the hadith to Muamar from a man for whom he invented a name and ascribed to him a Ghifari lineage, or this confusion came from him unintentionally. In any case, it has no value.