Azami 3449

Ibn Majah (4263), Bazzar (1889), and Hakim (1/41) narrated it through several routes from Umar bin Ali, who said, Ismail bin Abu Khalid told me, from Qays bin Abu Hazim, from Abdullah bin Masud, and he related it. The wording given is that of Ibn Majah.Bazzar said, "We do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith as a raised report except Umar bin Ali Muqaddami." I say, others followed him in this.Hakim said, "Bukhari and Muslim have relied on all the narrators of this hadith without exception, and Umar bin Ali Muqaddami is agreed upon for inclusion in the Sahihayn. He was followed by Muhammad bin Khalid Wahbi with the same chain from Ismail." He then cited that narration with its chain, and said, "Hushaym also gave it a raised chain, from Ismail bin Abu Khalid." He then cited that narration as well, and said, "So three trustworthy narrators gave this hadith a raised chain from Ismail, while Sufyan bin Uyayna reported it from him as a stopped report. We follow the principle of accepting an addition from a trustworthy narrator, both in connecting the chain and in raising it." End of quote.I say, the majority of scholars of hadith and fiqh follow this approach, and for this reason Busiri also graded it sahih in Zawaid bin Majah.As for Abu Hatim, he said, "The Kufans do not raise it to the Prophet." Al-Ilal (1073).Daraqutni likewise gave preference to the stopped version in his Ilal (848), saying, "Ibn Uyayna, Yahya Qattan, and others reported it as a stopped report, and that is the correct view."I say, the stopped report has a stronger chain, but this does not preclude the companion from also having narrated it as a raised report, and that remains the basic possibility.