Azami 183

Ajurri narrated it in Ghuraba (1) from Abdullah bin Abu Dawud, who said, Muhammad bin Adam Masissi told us, Hafs bin Ghiyath told us, from Amash, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu Ahwas, from Abdullah, meaning Ibn Masud, and he related the hadith. Its chain is sahih. This Masissi is trustworthy, and Nasai and others confirmed his reliability.Abu Amr Dani also narrated it in Fitan (288) through the route of Ajurri, in the same way, except that he said in it "from Abu Salih" instead of "Abu Ishaq," and it appears this was a mistake on his part, or an error by the copyist. Abu Ishaq is Subayi, who became confused in memory late in his life, but Amash heard from him early on.Tirmidhi (2629) narrated it from Abu Kurayb, and Ibn Majah (3988) from Sufyan bin Waki, and Imam Ahmad and his son (3784) from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abu Shayba, all of them from Hafs bin Ghiyath, in the same way, except that Tirmidhi did not mention the question or the explanation of "the strangers." As for Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majah, they mentioned the explanation of "the strangers" with a different wording, "He said, 'It was asked, Who are the strangers?' He said, 'Those who withdraw from the tribes.'" Sufyan bin Waki is daif, but he was corroborated by others.Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith from the hadith of Ibn Masud, we only know it from the hadith of Hafs bin Ghiyath from Amash, and Abu Ahwas's name is Awf bin Malik bin Nadla Jushami, Hafs alone transmitted it."As for his statement "those who withdraw," it is vocalized with a damma followed by a doubled letter. It has been said that it is the plural of nazee and nazi, meaning the stranger who has withdrawn from his family and clan, that is, those who leave their homelands to establish the practices of the religion. So said Sindi.