Azami 2707

Imam Ahmad (21555), Nasai in Al-Kubra (1310), and Ibn Hibban (2564) all narrated it through various routes from Auf (that is, Al-Arabi), from Muhajir Abu Khalid, who said, "Abu Aliyah narrated to me, Abu Muslim narrated to me," and then he mentioned it.Its chain is hasan because of Muhajir, who is Ibn Mukhlid, Abu Khalid, also called Abu Mukhlid, the freedman of the Bakarat. Opinions about him differed. Ibn Main said, "Sound." Abu Hatim said, "Lenient in hadith, not up to much, not meticulous, but his hadith is recorded." Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy. Saji said, "He is truthful and well known, and whoever called him unknown said nothing of substance."Abu Muslim is Judhami. A group of narrators reported from him, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Thiqat (5/584). Ajli said, "A Basran, a tabi, trustworthy, one of the senior tabiun."I say, someone like him, his hadith is graded hasan, so long as there is nothing denounced in it, and he has sound foundations, and this hadith is one of them.As for what Ibn Majah (1251) narrated through another route, from Abdul-Rahman bin Baylamani, from Amr bin Abasa, in which it says, "the middle of the night," this is munkar, because Abdul-Rahman bin Baylamani is daif, and the narrator from him, Yazid bin Talq, is unknown, and part of what makes their report denounced is their saying "the middle of the night." As for the original hadith, it is found in Sahih Muslim, in the chapter on the prayer of travelers (832), in the account of the conversion of Amr bin Abasa to Islam, and its sourcing was given earlier in the reward of wudu and in the prayer times, and it contains no mention of "the last part of the night."On this subject there is also a report from Abu Umama, who said, "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'Which prayer is best?' He said, 'The middle of the night.' He asked, 'Which supplication is most heard?' He said, 'At the end of the prescribed prayers.'"Ibn Abu Dunya narrated it in his book Tahajjud (240), from Muhammad bin Humayd, who said, Fadl bin Musa narrated to us, Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, from Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit, from Abu Umama, and he mentioned it.But Tirmidhi (3499) and Nasai in Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla (108) both narrated it from Muhammad bin Yahya bin Ayub Thaqafi Marwazi, who said, Hafs bin Ghiyath narrated to us, who said, Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, with his chain, and its wording is, "Which supplication is most heard?" He said, "The last part of the night, and the end of the prescribed prayers." This is more sahih than the hadith of Muhammad bin Humayd, who is Ibn Hayan Razi. Al-Hafiz said in Taqrib, "A hafiz, but daif, though Ibn Main had a good opinion of him." Dhahabi said, "A group deemed him trustworthy, but it is better to disregard him." I say, Bukhari, Nasai, Yaqub bin Shayba, and others criticized him.As for Muhammad bin Yahya bin Ayub, he is trustworthy and a hafiz. Tirmidhi said, "Hasan." I say, but it contains Abdul-Rahman bin Sabit, who did not hear from Abu Umama, as Ibn Main said.