Azami 2064

Abu Dawud (862), Nasai (1112), and Ibn Majah (1429) narrated it, and Ibn Khuzayma (662), Ibn Hibban (2277), Hakim (1/229), and Bayhaqi (2/118) graded it sahih. All of them narrate it through the hadith of Jafar bin Abdullah, that Tamim bin Mahmud informed him, that Abdul-Rahman bin Shibl informed him, and he related the hadith. Hakim said, "It is sahih, but the two of them [Bukhari and Muslim] did not include it, for the reason I mentioned earlier regarding the sole narration from the companions." Dhahabi said, "Sahih, Tamim alone narrated it from Ibn Shibl."Jafar bin Abdullah is the son of Hakam Ansari, and he is sometimes attributed to his grandfather, being called Jafar bin Hakam, and he is the father of Abdul-Hameed. In some of its transmission chains, this hadith is narrated through his father Jafar. Its chain is hasan because of Tamim bin Mahmud Ansari, who is a follower (tabi). Ibn Hibban deemed him reliable, and he has no other hadith besides this one, but Bukhari said in Tarikh al-Kabir (2/154), "There is something questionable in his hadith." Everyone who wrote a biography of Tamim bin Mahmud mentioned nothing about him except this statement of Bukhari, such as Ibn Adi, Aqeeli, Mizzi in Tahzib Kamal, Dhahabi, and Ibn Hajar in Tahzib, and others.Bukhari's statement, "There is something questionable in his hadith," has several meanings, as I explained in my book Dirasat fi Jarh wa Tadil, and one of these meanings is that the chain through which this hadith was narrated contains something questionable. And this is exactly as he said, for it was narrated by Uthman bin Muslim Batti, from Abdul-Hameed bin Salama, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade pecking like a crow, sprawling like a wild beast, and a man designating a fixed spot for himself in prayer, just as a camel settles at its own spot.Imam Ahmad (23758) narrated it from Ismail, who said, Uthman Batti informed us, with the same wording. In it there is a mistake by Uthman Batti in naming the father of Abdul-Hameed, and the correct view is that he is Jafar bin Abdullah, as mentioned earlier. Likewise, Imam Ahmad (15532) narrated it from Yahya bin Saeed, from Abdul-Hameed, who said, My father narrated to me, from Tamim bin Mahmud, with his chain, except that he did not name him, and he is Jafar bin Abdullah, as is clear from the other narrations.Then this Salama, the father of Abdul-Hameed, did not meet the Prophet ﷺ, so his hadith is a mursal report. Some scholars made this chain a corroborating witness for the first chain, and by this Bukhari's statement, "There is something questionable in his hadith," is confirmed. And Allah knows best.On this subject there is also what is narrated from Abu Saeed Khudri as a marfu report, "The worst of people in theft is the one who steals from his prayer." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, how does he steal from it?" He said, "He does not complete its bowing or its prostration."Ahmad (11532), Ibn Abu Shayba (1/288), and Abu Yaala (1311) all narrated it from Affan, who said, Hammad narrated to us, who said, Ali bin Zayd informed us, from Saeed bin Musayab, from Abu Saeed Khudri, and he related it. Ali bin Zayd is Ibn Jadan, Abu Hasan Qurashi Taymi. Shuba said, "Ali bin Zayd narrated to us," and he used to elevate narrations. Ibn Uyayna considered him daif. Fallas said that Yahya Qattan used to avoid narrating hadith from Ali bin Zayd. Ahmad said, "Daif." Yahya bin Main, Abu Hatim, Bukhari, Fasawi, and others also criticized him.There is also what is narrated from Abdullah bin Mughafal, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The greatest thief among people is the one who steals from his prayer." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, how does he steal from his prayer?" He said, "He does not complete its bowing or its prostration, and the stingiest of people is the one who is stingy with the greeting of peace."Tabarani narrated it in Awsat (3416) from Jafar, who is Ibn Madan Ahwazi, who said, Zayd narrated to us, who said, Uthman bin Haytham narrated to us, who said, Awf narrated to us, from Hasan, from Abdullah bin Mughafal, and he related the same. Tabarani said, "No one narrated this hadith from Abdullah except Hasan, and no one narrated it from Hasan except Awf, and no one narrated it from Awf except Uthman. Zayd alone narrated it." End of quote.I say, Zayd is Ibn Harish, as is clear from the narration that Tabarani mentioned before this, from Jafar bin Madan Ahwazi, who said, Zayd bin Harish narrated to us. This Zayd is also Ahwazi, as Ibn Hibban said in Thiqat (8/251), where he said of him, "He sometimes erred." Hafiz [Ibn Hajar] gave him a biography in Lisan (2/503), but said, "Zayd bin Harish Ahwazi," then quoted Ibn Hibban's statement, and said, Ibn Qattan said, "His condition is unknown."As for Haythami, he said in Majma al-Zawaid (2722), "Tabarani narrated it in the three [collections], and its narrators are reliable," and that is according to his rule of deeming reliable everyone whom Ibn Hibban mentioned in Thiqat. Uthman bin Haytham, although he is among the narrators of Bukhari, Imam Ahmad indicated that he was not firmly reliable. Abu Hatim said, "He was truthful, but toward the end of his life he would accept whatever was fed to him," and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Thiqat. Likewise, it contains Hasan, who is Imam Basri, known for tadlis, and I did not find an explicit statement from him of direct hearing.There is also what is narrated from Numan bin Murra, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What do you think about the drinker of wine, the thief, and the adulterer?" This was before revelation had come down concerning them. They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "These are abominations, and there is punishment for them, and the worst kind of theft is that of the one who steals from his prayer." They said, "And how does he steal from his prayer, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "He does not complete its bowing or its prostration."Malik narrated it in Qasr Salah (72) from Yahya bin Saeed, from Numan bin Murra, and he related it. Ibn Abdul-Barr said, "The narrators from Malik did not differ regarding this hadith being a mursal report from Numan bin Murra."