Azami 2294

Abu Dawud (907) reported it, saying, Muhammad bin Ala and Sulayman bin Abdul-Rahman Dimashqi narrated to us, they said, Marwan bin Muawiya informed us, from Yahya Kahili, from Miswar bin Yazid Maliki, and he related the hadith. Sulayman said in his hadith, "I used to think it had been abrogated." Sulayman said, He narrated to me, Yahya bin Kathir Azdi told me, that is, Sulayman bin Abdul-Rahman Dimashqi, one of Abu Dawud's teachers, said in his chain, Marwan bin Muawiya narrated to us, he said, Yahya bin Kathir Azdi narrated to us, Miswar bin Yazid Asadi Maliki narrated to us.The point of noting this is to show the difference in the wording of transmission. Muhammad bin Ala related it using the word "from," and also omitted Yahya's patronymic, which is "Kathir Azdi," while Sulayman bin Abdul-Rahman Dimashqi related it using the explicit wording of narration, and mentioned Yahya's patronymic as being "bin Kathir Azdi."Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (2240), relating it from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Khuzayma, and it appears in his Sahih (1648) where he said, Muhammad bin Yahya Dhuhli narrated to us, he said, Humaydi narrated to us, he said, Marwan bin Muawiya narrated to us with it, similarly.Yahya Kahili is Yahya bin Kathir Kahili Asadi Kufi. He narrated from Miswar bin Yazid Kahili and Salih bin Habban Fazari, and Marwan bin Muawiya Fazari narrated from him. Abu Hatim said, "A shaykh." Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Thiqat. Ibn Shahin said in his Thiqat (1525), "Salih bin Ishaq Jarmi narrated from him, and said, 'He was thiqa, there is no harm in him.'" Dhahabi said in Mizan, "He was deemed thiqa."I say, someone like him has his hadith graded hasan when it is supported by a corroborating witness, or a mursal hadith, or the statement of a companion, and all of these forms of support have come together in this hadith, as will be shown. As for Nasai, he said of Kahili that he is "daif." The Hafiz commented on Ibn Shahin's statement, saying, "This is what he said, but the aforementioned Salih only narrated from Yahya bin Kathir, the companion of Basri. If what he said is preserved, it seems likely that he narrated from both of them. However, Ibn Abu Hatim, Ibn Hibban, and others did not mention any narrator for Kahili except Marwan." End of quote. See Tahdhib al-Tahdhib (11/267).I say, as for Nasai's statement, it should be understood in light of the fact that he was among those known for strictness, and moreover his criticism was unexplained, so in cases of conflict with others, the statements of the moderate scholars take precedence. As for the Hafiz's comment on Ibn Shahin's statement, it is merely a possibility. As for Yahya bin Kathir Abu Nadr, the companion of Basri, he is daif without dispute, and his biography will follow shortly.Then Ibn Hibban related it through another route from Marwan bin Muawiya, who said, Yahya bin Kathir Kufi, an old shaykh of his, narrated to us, he said, Miswar bin Yazid narrated to us, he said, I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting in prayer, and he faltered over a verse. A man said, "Messenger of Allah, you left out a verse." He said, "Why did you not remind me of it?" He said, "I thought it had been abrogated." He said, "It was not abrogated."This hadith of Miswar bin Yazid is strengthened by the statement of Anas bin Malik, who said, "We used to prompt the imams during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Hakim related it in Mustadrak (1/276) through the route of Yahya bin Ghaylan and Abdullah bin Bazi, who said, Humayd narrated to us, from Anas, and he related it. Hakim said, "Yahya bin Ghaylan and Abdullah bin Yazi Tustari are both thiqa. This is a sahih hadith and has corroborating witnesses, and the two of them (Bukhari and Muslim) did not include it." He said, Ali bin Hamshad Adl informed us, Ali bin Abdul-Samad Tayalisi narrated to us, Ziyad bin Ayub narrated to us, Jariya bin Haram narrated to us, Humayd Tawil narrated to us, from Anas, who said, "The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prompt one another in prayer." End of quote.I say, its ruling is that of a raised hadith, because he attributed it to the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and it is apparent that he knew of it and did not object to it. This is also supported by the mursal narration of Urwa, that the Prophet ﷺ left out a verse, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Is Ubayy among you?" They said, "Yes." He said, "What kept you from prompting me with it?" This is how Urwa related it as a mursal narration.