Azami 3253

Imam Ahmad (22242) and Tabarani in Al-Kabir (8102) both narrated it through the route of Zayd, who said, my teacher Husayn told me, Abu Ghalib told me, Abu Umama told me, and then he related the hadith. Its chain is hasan because of Abu Ghalib, whose name was Hazwar, and as Dhahabi said of him, "his hadith is sound, and Tirmidhi graded it sahih." Hafiz said in Taqrib, "truthful but makes mistakes." I say, this hadith of his is not objectionable, rather it has sahih corroborating narrations which I have mentioned in this chapter.In another narration from Ahmad (22268), "The angels sit at the doors of the masjid on Friday with scrolls, recording the people, and when the imam comes out the scrolls are rolled up." I said, "O Abu Umama! Does someone who arrives after the imam has come out get no Friday reward?" He said, "Yes he does get Friday prayer credit, but he is not among those recorded in the scrolls."On this subject there is also a report from Ali bin Abu Talib, narrated by Abu Dawud (1051), from Ibrahim bin Musa, who said, Isa informed us, Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir narrated to us, who said, Ata Khurasani narrated to me, from the freed slave of his wife Umm Uthman, who said, I heard Ali, on the pulpit of Kufa, saying, "When Friday comes, the devils go out early with their banners to the marketplaces, and they throw at the people delaying distractions or hindering distractions, holding them back from Friday prayer. Meanwhile the angels go out early and sit at the doors of the masjids, recording one man at the first hour, another man at the second hour, until the imam comes out. So if a man sits in a spot where he is able to listen and watch, and he remains silent and does not engage in idle talk, he gets a double share of reward. And if he sits far off, where he cannot hear, yet remains silent and does not engage in idle talk, he gets a single share of reward. But if he sits in a spot where he is able to listen and watch, yet engages in idle talk and does not remain silent, he gets a share of sin. And whoever says to his companion on Friday, 'Be quiet,' has himself engaged in idle talk, and whoever engages in idle talk gets nothing from that Friday prayer of his." Then at the end of that he said, I heard the Messenger of Allah say that.Imam Ahmad (719) narrated it by another route from Ata Khurasani with the same wording. It contains the freed slave of his wife, who is "unknown" as stated in Taqrib. As for his words "they throw at the people delaying distractions and hindering distractions," this comes from the verb rabathahu meaning to hold someone back from his errand, and the meaning is that they remind them of matters that would delay them.As for what is reported from Abdullah bin Amr, as a raised hadith, "The angels are sent to the doors of the masjid on Friday, recording the arrival of the people, and when the imam comes out the scrolls are rolled up and the pens are lifted. Then the angels say to one another, 'What has held so-and-so back?' And the angels say, 'O Allah, if he is astray then guide him, and if he is sick then heal him, and if he is poor then enrich him.'" Ibn Khuzayma (1771) and Bayhaqi (3/226) narrated it through the route of Matar, from Amr bin Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather.Matar is Ibn Tahman the scribe, about whom there is disagreement. Yahya bin Saeed Qattan, Imam Ahmad, Ibn Main, Nasai, Ibn Saad, Abu Dawud, Aqeeli, and Daraqutni all judged him daif, while Abu Zura and Abu Hatim said, "his hadith is sound." Bazzar said, "there is no harm in him." Ibn Adi said, "despite his weakness, his hadith is collected and written down."I say, perhaps this hadith is among those in which he erred, for he alone narrated it in this manner with this chain. Several established hadiths have come down with a severe warning against those who fail to attend Friday prayer, rather than a supplication for them.