Ahmad 7878

Its isnad is sahih. Bukhari narrated it but did not give its wording, narrating it as a corroboration of another version. He first narrated it at 10:370-371 from the hadith of Abu Shurayh Khuzai, by way of Asim bin Ali, from Ibn Abu Dhib, from Saeed (that is, Maqburi), from Abu Shurayh. Then he said, "Shababa and Assad bin Musa corroborated him," meaning that they both followed Asim bin Ali, narrating it from Ibn Abu Dhib, from Saeed, from Abu Shurayh. Then Bukhari said, "Humayd bin Aswad, Uthman bin Umar, Abu Bakr bin Ayyash, and Shuayb bin Ishaq said, from Ibn Abu Dhib, from Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah," meaning that the narration from Ibn Abu Dhib differed regarding the name of the companion.Hafiz set out these narrations in Fath al-Bari, along with other corroborations for each group. He quoted Ahmad as saying, "Whoever heard from Ibn Abu Dhib in Madinah says, 'from Abu Hurairah,' and whoever heard from him in Baghdad says, 'Abu Shurayh.'" Most of the narrators mentioned by Hafiz said in it, "from Abu Hurairah." The truth is that both narrations are preserved, and Bukhari's arrangement supports this. Likewise, at 8413 it will come from Uthman bin Umar, from Ibn Abu Dhib.Hakim also narrated it in al-Mustadrak 1:10, by way of Ibn Wahb, and by way of Ismail bin Abu Uways, both of them from Ibn Abu Dhib, from Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah. He then narrated it again at 4:165, likewise by way of Ibn Wahb. In the first instance he said, "This is a hadith sahih according to the standard of the two Shaykhs, though they did not narrate it in this form. They only narrated the hadith of Abu Zinad, from Araj, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said, 'He does not enter Paradise whose neighbor is not safe from his malicious mischief.'" He said something similar in the second instance, without pointing to the narration of Abu Zinad. Dhahabi agreed with him in both instances.Hafiz said in Fath al-Bari 10:372, "Hakim narrated it in his Mustadrak from the hadith of Abu Hurairah, being unaware of what Bukhari had cited, and even of Muslim's narration of it through another route from Abu Hurairah." [He then mentioned Hakim's statement, then said], "Our shaykh, in his Amali, criticized him, noting that neither of them (Bukhari and Muslim) narrated the route of Abu Zinad, not even one of them. Muslim only narrated the route of Ala bin Abdul-Rahman, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, with the wording that Hakim mentioned." [Sahih Muslim 1:28-29].Then Hafiz said, "[I say], Hakim is open to a further criticism, which is that something like this should not be treated as an addition, given how close the two wordings are in meaning." The narration of Ala from his father, from Abu Hurairah, will come at 8842, and the hadith of Abu Shurayh Khuzai will come at 16443.This hadith, the hadith of Abu Hurairah given here, was mentioned by Haythami in Majma al-Zawaid 8:169, where he said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its men are the men of the Sahih." He also said, "For Abu Hurairah in the Sahih, 'He does not enter Paradise whose neighbor is not safe from his malicious mischief.'" The criticism that Hafiz raised against Hakim's arrangement should likewise be raised here. See also 3762 and 6715.As for his saying, "bawaaqihi," Ibn Athir said, "That is, his malicious deeds and evils. Its singular is baaiqah, meaning a calamity."