Ahmad 7912

Its isnad is hasan, and its text is sahih. Abdul-Malik bin Qudama bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Hatib Jumahi is trustworthy. Ibn Main deemed him trustworthy, and Abdul-Rahman bin Mahdi used to praise him, saying, "Malik used to narrate from him, though there is some irregularity in his hadith." Bukhari said in Tarikh Saghir, page 165, "Ibn Abu Uways heard from him. He is sometimes recognized and sometimes rejected." He said something similar in Kitab Duafa, page 23. Ibn Abdul-Barr said, "The Madinan, trustworthy and noble." Ibn Abu Hatim gave his biography in 2/2/262–263.Ishaq bin Bakr bin Abu Furat Madani was given a biography in Tahdhib and its derivative works under the name Ishaq bin Abu Furat Bakr Madani, as though the author of Tahdhib thought that Abu Furat was his name and Bakr his father's name. This is because his name appears in Ibn Majah, in the isnad of this hadith, simply as Ishaq bin Abu Furat, and I have not found him given a biography anywhere except in Tahdhib. However, the author of Tahdhib himself mentioned him correctly in the biography of Abdul-Malik bin Qudama, listing among his teachers Ishaq bin Bakr bin Abu Furat. This correct form is further supported by the fact that this name will appear again in another hadith in the Musnad, number 7913, and that Sindi also transmitted it correctly in his commentary on Ibn Majah, quoting from the additions of Busiri, as will be shown in the source-tracing, Allah willing. So what appears in Ibn Majah is that he was attributed to his grandfather for the sake of brevity.Regarding this narrator, Dhahabi and others said, "Unknown," but Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy, and Hakim graded his hadith sahih, with Dhahabi concurring. So some scholars did recognize his person and his standing. He is therefore, at the very least, of undetermined but presumably sound standing, and his hadith should not rank below the level of hasan.This hadith appears in Jami al-Masanid 7:326, drawn from this same source. Ibn Majah also related it, number 4036 [2:257 of Sindi's commentary], from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, from Yazid bin Harun, the teacher of Ahmad here, with this same isnad and a similar wording. Sindi said in Zawaid, "In its isnad is Ishaq bin Bakr bin Abu Furat. Dhahabi said in Kashif, 'Unknown,' and it was also said, 'Rejected [munkar].' Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy." It is strange that Dhahabi says this about him in Kashif, yet does not mention him at all in Mizan al-Itidal. Even stranger is that he agrees with Hakim in grading his hadith sahih.In Ibn Majah's version, it appears as, "from Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah," as though Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba made an error here, shortening Ishaq's lineage by attributing him to his grandfather, and shortening the isnad by making it, "from Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah," without mentioning "from his father."Hakim also related it in Mustadrak, 4:465–466, through the route of Saeed bin Masud, from Yazid bin Harun, with a similar wording, and said, "This is a hadith sahih in isnad, though the two of them [Bukhari and Muslim] did not include it." In Mustadrak, this narrator's name appears as Ishaq bin Bakr Furat, omitting the word "Abu," which appears to be an error on the part of a copyist or printer.This hadith has another isnad which is sahih, which will appear at number 8440, through the route of Fulayh, from Saeed bin Ubayd bin Sabbaq, from Abu Hurairah, as a saying of the Prophet, with a similar wording. It also has a sahih corroborating narration from the hadith of Anas, which will appear in the Musnad with the same meaning, through two sahih isnads, numbers 13331 and 13333. See also number 7013 regarding "Ruwaybidah," whose meaning is explained within the body of the hadith itself, as a saying of the Prophet.Ibn Athir said, "Ruwaybidah is the diminutive of Rabidah, meaning the incapable person who falls short in matters of great importance and refrains from pursuing them. The extra ta is added for emphasis and to indicate the base and contemptible nature [of such a person]."