Azami 10177

Tabarani related it in Awsat (922) from Ahmad (meaning Ibn Yahya Halwani), who said, "Ammar bin Nasr narrated to us, Hakeem bin Zayd narrated to us, from Ibrahim Sayigh, from Ikrima, from Jabir bin Abdullah," and he related it.Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Ammar bin Nasr, his teacher Hakeem bin Zayd, and his teacher Ibrahim bin Maymun Sayigh, for all of these have hasan hadith. Ibn Abu Hatim asked his father about Hakeem bin Zayd Marwazi, and he said, "He is sound, and he is a shaykh." Jarh wa Tadil (3/205). As for Azdi, he went too far concerning him, saying, "There is something questionable about him," as Haythami quoted in Majma (9/268).With a similar meaning, it was narrated from Ali bin Abu Talib, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The chief of the martyrs is Hamza bin Abdul-Muttalib."Tabarani related it in Kabir (3/165) by the route of Abu Ishaq Shaybani, from Ali bin Hazwar, who said, "Asbagh bin Nubata narrated to us," saying, "I heard Ali bin Abu Talib say," and he related it.Its chain of transmission is very weak, for Ali bin Hazwar and Asbagh bin Nubata are both discarded narrators, and Haythami faulted it because of the first of them in Majma (9/268). But Hamza bin Abdul-Muttalib became well known by this title, as is mentioned in the books of biography and history, and he is indeed worthy of it.