Azami 1223

Abu Dawud (5011), Tirmidhi (2845), and Ibn Majah (3756) all narrated it from Simak, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, and he related the hadith, the wording given being Abu Dawud's. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah were content with only the second part of the hadith. Tirmidhi said, "Hasan sahih." Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (5778). I say, it is hasan only, because it comes through the narration of Simak from Ikrima, and he is inconsistent in this narration, but Hakam bin Utayba corroborated him, from Miqsam, from Ibn Abbas, and through this route Hakim narrated it (3/613), with the wording, "Indeed some eloquence is like magic, indeed some eloquence is like magic."He mentioned the story of the bedouin who spoke before the Prophet ﷺ, and here I present this story. From Ibn Abbas, who said, Qays bin Asim, Zubarqan bin Badr, and Amr bin Ahtam, all of Tamim, sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Zubarqan boasted and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am the chief of Tamim, the one obeyed among them and whose word is accepted among them. I prevent them from injustice and secure their rights for them, and this man knows that," meaning Amr bin Ahtam. Amr bin Ahtam said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he is indeed strong in argument, protective of his own side, obeyed in his gathering." Zubarqan said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he knows more about me than what he said, and nothing kept him from saying it except envy." Amr said, "Do I envy you? By Allah, you are base in maternal lineage, newly wealthy, foolish in your origins, and wasteful toward your tribe. By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I spoke truly in what I said first, and I did not lie in what I said last, but I am a man who, when pleased, says the best of what I have found, and when angered, says the worst of what I have found. By Allah, I was truthful in both cases." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed some eloquence is like magic, indeed some eloquence is like magic."It has also been narrated that Abu Bakra Ansari was present at this gathering. It was reported by Abu Zakariya Anbari, narrating to us, Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ubayda Wabari, and also narrating to us, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Yahya Muzakki, narrating to us, Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Idris Maqali, both of them saying, narrating to us, Ali bin Harb Mawsili, narrating to us, Abu Saad Haytham bin Mahfuz, from Abu Muqawwim Ansari, Yahya bin Abu Yazid, from Hakam bin Utayba, from Miqsam, from Ibn Abbas, and he related it.Bayhaqi narrated it in Dalail Nubuwwah (5/306) through the route of Abu Saad Haytham bin Mahfuz with his chain, in similar wording.As for Haytham, Dhahabi said of him in al-Mizan, "It is not known who he is." For this reason the Hafiz did not affirm the soundness of this story with certainty, and he said in Fath al-Bari (10/237), "A group has claimed that the two of them are Zubarqan, with kasra on the ra, whose name was Husayn, and he was nicknamed Zubarqan for his handsomeness... and they relied in identifying them on what Bayhaqi reported in al-Dalail and others through the route of Miqsam, from Ibn Abbas." And he related it in similar wording.On this subject there is also what was narrated from Abu Bakra, who said, We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a delegation of Banu Tamim came to him, among them Qays bin Asim, Amr bin Ahtam, and Zubarqan bin Badr. The Prophet ﷺ said to Amr bin Ahtam, "What do you say about Zubarqan bin Badr?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah, he is obeyed in his gathering, strong in argument, and protective of what is behind his back." Zubarqan said, "O Messenger of Allah, he indeed knows more about me than what he described, but he envied me." Amr said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, he is deficient in manliness, narrow in patience, base in condition, and foolish in his origins. By Allah, I did not lie the first time, and I spoke the truth the second time, but I was pleased, so I said the best I knew, and I became angry, so I said the worst I knew." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed some eloquence is like magic, and indeed some poetry contains wisdom."Hakim narrated it (1/613) from Abu Mansur Muhammad bin Ali Farsi, narrating to us, Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Shazan Jawhari, narrating to us, Saeed bin Sulayman Qusayti, narrating to us, Uyayna bin Abdul-Rahman bin Jawshan, from his father, from Abu Bakra, and he related it.I think Saeed bin Sulayman Qusayti is the same as Nushayti, as Dhahabi mentioned him in al-Mizan (2/142), quoting from Abu Zura that he said, "He is not strong," and Abu Hatim said, "There is something questionable about him," and Abu Dawud said, "I do not narrate from him."Likewise there is what was narrated from Burayda bin Husayb, who said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Indeed some eloquence is magic, indeed some knowledge is ignorance, indeed some poetry is wisdom, and indeed some speech is a burden."Sasaa bin Suhan then said, "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ spoke the truth. As for his saying, 'Indeed some eloquence is magic,' it refers to a man against whom the truth stands, yet he is more skilled with arguments than the one who actually has the truth, so he bewitches the people with his eloquence and thereby makes the truth vanish. As for his saying, 'Indeed some knowledge is ignorance,' it refers to a scholar who burdens his knowledge with what he does not know, and that makes him ignorant of it. As for his saying, 'Indeed some speech is a burden,' it refers to presenting your speech and talk to someone for whom it is not relevant and who does not want it."Abu Dawud narrated it (5012) from Muhammad bin Yahya bin Faris, narrating to us, Saeed bin Muhammad, narrating to us, Abu Tumayla, who said, narrating to me, Abu Jafar Nahwi, that is, Abdullah bin Thabit, who said, narrating to me, Sakhr bin Abdullah bin Burayda, from his father, from his grandfather, and he related it.Its chain is daif because of Abu Jafar Nahwi, for he is unknown, as the Hafiz said in Taqrib, and his teacher Sakhr bin Abdullah is acceptable, as stated in Taqrib, meaning when corroborated, and since he was not corroborated here, he is weak in hadith.