While the Prophet ﷺ was sitting with his companions, a man from the desert people came and asked, "Which of you is the son of Abdul-Muttalib?"They answered, "This fair-skinned man reclining on his elbow." Hamza explained that "al-amghar" means white tinged with red.The man said, "I am going to question you, and I will be hard on you in my questioning."The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Ask whatever you wish."He said, "I ask you by your Lord, and the Lord of those before you, and the Lord of those after you, has Allah sent you?"He answered, "By Allah, yes."The man said, "I implore you by Him, has Allah commanded you to perform five prayers each day and night?"He answered, "By Allah, yes."The man said, "I implore you by Him, has Allah commanded you to take from the wealth of our rich and give it back to our poor?"He answered, "By Allah, yes."The man said, "I implore you by Him, has Allah commanded you to fast this month out of the twelve months?"He answered, "By Allah, yes."The man said, "I implore you by Him, has Allah commanded that this House be made pilgrimage to by whoever is able to find a way to it?"He answered, "By Allah, yes."The man said, "Then I believe and affirm the truth. I am Dimam bin Thalaba."
بينما النبي ﷺ مع أصحابه، جاء رجل من أهل البادية، قال: أيكم ابن عبد المطلب؟ قالوا: هذا الأمغر المرتفق، - قال حمزة: الأمغر: الأبيض مشرب حمرة- فقال: إني سائلك فمشتد عليك في المسألة، قال: سل عما بدا لك، قال: أسألك بربك ورب من قبلك ورب من بعدك، الله أرسلك؟ قال: اللهم نعم قال: فأنشدك به، الله أمرك أن تصلي خمس صلوات في كل يوم وليلة؟ قال: اللهم نعم قال: فأنشدك به، الله أمرك أن تأخذ من أموال أغنيائنا، فترده على فقرائنا؟ قال: اللهم نعم قال: فأنشدك به، الله أمرك أن تصوم هذا الشهر من اثني عشر شهرا؟ قال: اللهم نعم قال: فأنشدك به، الله أمرك أن يحج هذا البيت من استطاع إليه سبيلا؟ قال: اللهم نعم قال: فإني آمنت وصدقت، وأنا ضمام بن ثعلبة.
Nasai (2094) narrated it from Abu Bakr bin Ali, who said, Ishaq (that is, Ibn Abu Israil) told us, who said, Abu Umara Hamza bin Harith bin Umayr told us, who said, I heard my father mention, from Ubaydullah bin Umar, from Saeed bin Abu Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah, who said, then he related it. Its chain is hasan because of the discussion surrounding Harith bin Umayr, Hamza's father. Ibn Main, Abu Zura, Abu Hatim, and Nasai deemed him trustworthy, while Ibn Khuzayma, Ibn Hibban, and Azdi deemed him daif. Perhaps this was due to objectionable elements in some of his hadiths, but this particular one is not among them, given its corroborations and supporting narrations.Nasai said, "Ubaydullah bin Umar contradicted him," meaning that he contradicted Layth bin Saad, who narrated it from Saeed bin Maqburi, from Sharik bin Abdullah bin Abu Nimr, that he heard Anas bin Malik, and then related the hadith as given previously.I say, Ubaydullah bin Umar is trustworthy and firmly reliable, so his contradiction causes no harm. Two others corroborated him. The first is his brother Abdullah bin Umar Umari, though there is some weakness in him, and his hadith is found in Abu Dawud Tayalisi (2449). The second is Dahhak bin Uthman, who is truthful and acceptable for the purpose of corroboration, and his hadith was mentioned by Ibn Abu Hatim in Al-Ilal (475).However, Daraqutni said in Al-Ilal (8/150), "These narrators erred regarding Saeed, and the correct version is what Layth bin Saad narrated, from Saeed Maqburi, from Sharik bin Abu Nimr, from Anas bin Malik." End of quote.I say, there is nothing preventing Saeed Maqburi from having narrated it both from Sharik bin Abu Nimr, from Anas bin Malik, and also from having heard it from Abu Hurairah himself, since he was among those who narrated extensively from him. Reconciling the two narrations is preferable to charging reliable and precise narrators with error, and one need not say, "Perhaps he simply followed the well-worn path."