Azami 3684

Tabarani narrated it in "Kabir" (2/148) via Abdul-Razzaq, and it is in his "Musannaf" (6369), and Bazzar (1345) via Waki, both of them from Sufyan Thawri, from Salim bin Abu Hafsa, from Abu Hazim, who said, then he narrated it.Hakim graded it sahih (3/171) and narrated it via Ubaydullah bin Musa, from Sufyan with his isnad, adding in it the statement of Abu Hurairah, "Do you grudge the son of your Prophet ﷺ a plot of earth in which to bury him, when I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever loves them both has loved me, and whoever hates them both has hated me'?" And he said, "sahih isnad."I say, its isnad is hasan due to the discussion surrounding Salim bin Abu Hafsa Ajli Kufi. Nasai said of him, "He is not trustworthy." Ibn Saad said, "He was strongly inclined to Shiism." Ibn Hibban went to extremes concerning him, saying, "He used to reverse reports and make mistakes in narrations." "Majruhin" (1/343).But others considered him acceptable, among them Imam Ahmad, who said, "Salim bin Abu Hafsa was a Shiite, I do not think there is any harm in him regarding hadith, and he narrated little hadith." From Yahya bin Main there are several reports, among them that he was trustworthy, among them that there was no harm in him though he was excessive in his Shiism, and among them simply that he was a Shiite.Ibn Adi said, "He has hadiths, and most of what he narrates concerns the virtues of the People of the House. He is among the extremists among the Shiites of Kufa, and he was only criticized for his excessiveness. As for his hadiths, I hope there is no harm in them."Haythami said in "Majma" (3/31), "Tabarani narrated it in Kabir, and Bazzar, and its narrators are deemed trustworthy."The conclusion is that he was truthful in himself, and Hafiz likewise said this in "Taqrib," adding, "except that he was an extreme Shiite." So at the very least his hadith is hasan, provided that what he narrates concerning the virtues of the People of the House does not contain something unsupported by other narrators.I then found a corroborating narration for him in Bayhaqi (4/29), for he narrated it via Sufyan, from Abu Jahhaf, from Ismail bin Raja Zubaydi, who said, "Someone who was present with Husayn bin Ali when Hasan died told me..." then he narrated it. Ismail bin Raja is "trustworthy," as Hafiz said, except that he did not name the one who informed him, so perhaps he forgot his name and left him unnamed, whereas Salim bin Abu Hafsa named him.Abu Jahhaf is Dawud bin Awf Tamimi, "truthful, a Shiite, who sometimes erred."It can be understood from this hadith that when the guardian and the ruler are both present, the ruler or his deputy takes precedence in leading the funeral prayer. This is the view held by the majority of scholars, among them Malik, Abu Hanifa, Ahmad, and Ishaq, and it is Shafii's view in his earlier position. Ibn Munzir says, "This is the view of most scholars, and I hold this view as well." See "Majmu" by Nawawi (5/217).