Azami 14823

It was narrated by Ibn Abu Asim in Al-Ahad wal-Mathani (1440), Tabarani in Al-Kabir (22/297), and in Al-Awsat (9277), Musnad Shamiyin (1656), and Abu Naeem in Marifat Sahabah (6804), all of them through various routes from Ismail bin Ayyash, who said, Damdam bin Zura told me, from Shurayh bin Ubayd, from Abu Zuhayr Numayri, and he related it. Tabarani said, "Ismail bin Ayyash alone narrated it."Its chain is hasan because of Damdam bin Zura, who is truthful, and likewise Ismail bin Ayyash in his narration from the people of his own region, as is the case here, since all the men in the chain are Syrians. As for his companion narrator Abu Zuhayr Numayri, his name is not known, though it has been said to be Yahya bin Nufayr. Baghawi said he settled in Syria. See Isabah, entry (9976).Bayhaqi said in Shuab (7/232), "This, if it is sound, only means, and Allah knows best, when the cat does not attack the crops. But if it does attack them, it is permissible to drive it away by whatever means of fighting or killing achieves that." End quote.As for what was narrated from Jabir, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating cats and taking payment for them, this is daif. It was narrated by Abu Dawud (3807), Tirmidhi (1280), and Ibn Majah (3250), all of them through the route of Abdul-Razzaq, and it is in his Musannaf (8749), where he said, Umar bin Zayd Sanani informed us, from Abu Zubayr, from Jabir, and he related it.Its chain is daif due to the weakness of Umar bin Zayd Sanani. Tirmidhi said, "This is a gharib hadith, and we do not know that anyone of significance narrated from Umar bin Zayd other than Abdul-Razzaq."