Ahmad 7756

Its chain of transmission is sahih. Asim is Ibn Abu Najud. The hadith appears in Jami al-Masanid 7:73. Bukhari related something similar in meaning at 214-215, and 8:173, through the route of Abdul-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Dinar, from his father, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurairah. Nasai likewise related it at 343 through the route of Abdul-Rahman. It will come again by this same route, the route of Abdul-Rahman, at 8646. Its meaning will also come again at 8170, in the scroll of Hammam bin Munabbih from Abu Hurairah. Bukhari likewise related it at 12:294 through the route of Hammam.Munziri mentioned it in Targhib wal-Tarhib 1:269, with the wording of Bukhari's first narration, then said, "Bukhari, Nasai, and Muslim related it." But he was mistaken in attributing it to Sahih Muslim, for Muslim did not relate it in that form. Ibn Kathir quoted it in the tafsir 2:305, from Bukhari's narration at 8:173, and said, "Bukhari alone related it by this route, without Muslim."Ibn Hibban related it in his Sahih through the route of Layth bin Saad, from Muhammad bin Ajlan, from Qaqa bin Hakeem, from Abu Salih, with it. It will come again at 8920 through Layth's narration from Ibn Ajlan. It will also come again, through two other routes from Abu Hurairah, at 10349 and 10867. Something similar in meaning has already passed in the Musnad of Ibn Masud at 3577, and in the Musnad of Ibn Umar at 5729, 6029, and 6448.His saying, "a shujaa is made" - it is thus established in the nominative case in the three manuscripts K, M, and S, functioning as the subject of the passive verb. It is established in H and in Jami al-Masanid as "shujaan" in the accusative case. We have preferred what the three manuscript sources agree upon. The shujaa is the male snake.As for his saying "aqra," the Hafiz quoted from Azhari's Tahdhib, saying, "It is called aqra because it accumulates venom in its head and gathers it until the skin of its head becomes bald."As for his saying "he has two zabibatan," the Hafiz said, "Al-zabibah, with a fatha on the zay and two dotted letters, refers to the two spots at the corners of the mouth. It is said, 'He spoke until his mouth foamed (zabba),' meaning foam came out from them. It is also said that they are the two black patches above his eyes."The word "his hand" was missing from the original of H, and we have added it from the three manuscripts and from Jami al-Masanid.His saying "yaqdimuha" means eating with the edges of the teeth, and it follows the pattern of "taiba." In another dialect it also follows the pattern of "daraba," as mentioned in al-Misbah.