Azami 1299

Tabarani (8639) narrated it from Ali bin Abdul-Aziz, who said, Abu Ghassan Malik bin Ismail told us, Israel told us, from Ashath bin Abu Shatha, from Aswad bin Hilal, and he related it. Its chain is sahih, and Tabarani's teacher is trustworthy.I say, as for the unnamed man who used to give storytelling sessions, he was Amr bin Zurara. Tabarani (8637) narrated it by another route from Abu Ishaq, from Amr bin Zurara, who said, Abdullah stopped by while I was giving a storytelling session in the masjid, and he said, "Amr, you have introduced a misguided innovation, or else you are more rightly guided than Muhammad ﷺ and his companions. I have seen people scatter away from me until I saw my place with no one left in it."As for what has been reported from Amr bin Dinar, that Tamim Dari asked Umar's permission to hold storytelling sessions, and Umar refused to give him permission, then he asked again and Umar refused again, then he asked a third time, and Umar said, "If you wish..." and gestured with his hand, meaning the one being slaughtered, this is a disconnected report. Tabarani (1249) narrated it from Muhammad bin Abdullah Hadrami, who said, Ahmad bin Yunus told us, Sufyan bin Uyayna told us, from Amr bin Dinar. The men in its chain are trustworthy, except that Amr bin Dinar did not hear directly from Umar. And Allah knows best.Likewise what has been reported from Saaib bin Yazid, that he said, "No storytelling sessions were held in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nor of Abu Bakr, nor of Umar, until the first person to give a storytelling session was Tamim Dari. He asked Umar's permission, and Umar granted it, so he gave the session standing," this report is daif. Tabarani (6656) narrated it by the route of Baqiya bin Walid, from Zubaydi, from Zuhri, from Saaib. Baqiya is a mudallis narrator, and here he used the ambiguous form "an" (from) rather than stating directly that he heard it.