Ahmad 7932

Its isnad is sahih. Hammam, the narrator from Qatada, is Hammam bin Yahya. In one manuscript it appears as Hisham, which is an error we have corrected based on the handwritten copies, on Jami al-Masanid, and on the narration of Hakim, where he stated the name in full as Hammam bin Yahya. Abu Maymuna is al-Abbar, and he is a trustworthy Successor.We previously discussed, under hadith 7346, the biography of Abu Maymuna al-Farsi, from whom Hilal bin Abu Maymuna narrated, who is not his son, and from whom Abu Nadr narrates. We also referred there to this Abu Maymuna al-Abbar, from whom Qatada narrates, and noted that Bukhari, Abu Hatim, and others distinguished between the two men.This al-Abbar who appears in this isnad was mentioned by Bukhari in his section on kunyas, entry 695, where he referred to his hadith from Abu Hurairah concerning Laylat al-Qadr. Ibn Abu Hatim also mentioned him, 4/2/447, entry 2265, and stated that he narrated from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ concerning Laylat al-Qadr, and that Qatada narrated from him. Ibn Abu Hatim then reported from Yahya bin Main, who said, "Abu Maymuna al-Abbar is reliable (salih)," and from Abu Hatim, who said, "This Abu Maymuna is not named."The hadith about Laylat al-Qadr referred to by Bukhari and Abu Hatim will appear in the Musnad at 10745, narrated by Qatada, from Abu Maymuna, from Abu Hurairah, as a marfu narration. Furthermore, this Abu Maymuna was also declared trustworthy by Nasai, and Shuba narrated from him, as found in al-Kuna of Dulabi, 2:136, and Shuba narrates only from trustworthy narrators. In addition, Bukhari and Ibn Abu Hatim did not mention any criticism of him, so he is considered trustworthy by both of them.Hafiz Ibn Kathir holds the view that this Abu Maymuna al-Abbar is the same as Abu Maymuna al-Farsi, from whom Hilal bin Abu Maymuna narrated in 7346, and he mentioned both that hadith and this present one under a single biographical entry in Jami al-Masanid wal-Sunan, 7:519.This hadith was narrated by Hakim in al-Mustadrak, 4:129, through the route of Yazid bin Harun, the shaykh of Ahmad here, with this same isnad, and he said, "This is a hadith sahih in isnad, though the two of them (Bukhari and Muslim) did not include it," and Dhahabi concurred with him.Haythami mentioned it in Majma al-Zawaid, 16:5, and said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its men are the men of the Sahih, apart from Abu Maymuna, and he is trustworthy."Munziri mentioned it in al-Targhib, 2:46, and attributed it to Ahmad, to Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, and to Hakim. See also 6615 and 6848.