Azami 2760

Nasai narrated it (1661) from Harun bin Abdullah, who said, "Abu Dawud Hafari narrated to us, from Hafs, from Humayd, from Abdullah bin Shaqiq, from Ayesha," and mentioned it.Nasai said, "I do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith other than Abu Dawud, and he is trustworthy, but I consider this hadith nothing but a mistake, and Allah Most High knows best." End of quote.He also narrated it in Sunan al-Kubra (1363) through the same route, and there he specified Humayd as "Tawil." He said, "We do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith other than Abu Dawud Hafari, from Hafs," and he did not mention in it, "but I consider this hadith..."As for the first matter, it is as he said, that this is Humayd Tawil. Likewise Ibn Hibban specified this in his Sahih (2512), while Ibn Khuzayma (1238), Hakim (1/275), and from him Bayhaqi (2/305) left it unspecified, except that Bayhaqi also narrated it through a route other than that of Hakim from Abu Dawud Hafari, and said, "He mentioned it, except that he said, from Humayd Tawil."So it appears that he is indeed Tawil, though Hafiz Mizzi denied in Tuhfat Ashraf (11/442) and Tahzib Kamal (7/374) that he is Humayd Tawil, saying instead that he is Humayd bin Tarkhan.Hafiz responded to him in Tahdhib al-Tahdhib (3/43), saying, "Ibn Hibban distinguished between him and Humayd Tawil in Thiqat, and it has already been established that the father of Humayd Tawil was called Tarkhan, and Tawil narrates from Abdullah bin Shaqiq. So it appears that this is indeed him, since there is nothing in the narration indicating that he is someone else, especially since in Sunan al-Kubra, in the narration of Ibn Ahmar from Nasai, from Harun, from Abu Dawud, from Hafs, from Humayd, that is, Tawil. His statement 'that is, Tawil' could be from Nasai's own words, or from the words of someone above him or below him in the chain, and the latter is more likely. Then I found the hadith in Sunan Bayhaqi through the route of Yusuf bin Musa, from Abu Dawud Hafari, from Hafs, from Humayd Tawil, so it became clear that it is indeed him." End of quote.Hakim said (1/276), "Humayd is Ibn Tayruwayh, Tawil, without doubt." And he judged the hadith to meet the criterion of the two sheikhs.I say, Abu Dawud Hafari is Umar bin Saad bin Ubayd Hafari, with the ha and fa carrying a fatha, named after a place in Kufa, and he is trustworthy, as Nasai said.As for the second matter, namely Nasai's statement, "I do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith other than Abu Dawud, and he is trustworthy, but I consider this hadith nothing but a mistake," it involves faulting trustworthy narrators based on mere assumption. Moreover, Abu Dawud was not alone in narrating it. Muhammad bin Saeed bin Asbahani also narrated it, saying, "Hafs bin Ghiyath narrated to us, from Humayd bin Qays, from Abdullah bin Shaqiq, from her," and she mentioned the same.Bayhaqi narrated it (2/305) from Hakim, who said, "Muhammad bin Salih bin Hani informed me, Sari bin Khuzayma narrated to us, Muhammad bin Saeed bin Asbahani narrated to us with it."Hafiz attributed it in Talkhis to Ibn Khuzayma as well, though I did not find it in its expected places. Ibn Khuzayma narrated it in two places, in the chapter on the description of praying while sitting when one is unable to stand (978), and in the chapter on sitting cross-legged in prayer when a person prays while sitting (1238), and in both places he narrated it through the route of Abu Dawud Hafari.Hafiz said, after mentioning the corroboration of Muhammad bin Saeed bin Asbahani for Abu Dawud, "So it became clear that there is no mistake in it."