Azami 3755

Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Funerals (1343) from Abdullah bin Yusuf, who said, our teacher Layth narrated to us, who said, Ibn Shihab narrated to me, from Abdul-Rahman bin Kaab bin Malik, from Jabir bin Abdullah, and he related it.Nasai narrated it (2002) through the route of Mamar, from Zuhri, from Abdullah bin Thalaba, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said regarding those killed at Uhud, "Wrap them in their blood, for there is no wound suffered in the cause of Allah but that its owner will come on the Day of Resurrection with its color the color of blood and its scent the scent of musk." This chain is sahih, except that Abdullah bin Thalaba bin Suayr was not present at the battle, for he was young at the time, and he only heard this from Jabir bin Abdullah. This is how Abdul-Razzaq narrated it (6633), and from him Imam Ahmad (23660), from Mamar, from Zuhri, from Ibn Abu Suayr, from Jabir bin Abdullah, who related the hadith at length, and in it, "Wrap them in their blood, for I testify concerning them." Two or three men would be buried in a single grave, and it would be asked, "Which of them knew the most Quran?" and he would be placed first. Jabir said, my father and my uncle were buried that day in a single grave.Baghawi said in Sharh al-Sunnah (5/366), "The scholars agree that the martyr killed in battle against the disbelievers is not washed, but they differ regarding the funeral prayer over him. Most of them held that the funeral prayer is not performed over him, and this is the view of the people of Madinah, held also by Malik, Shafii, and Ahmad. Some held that the funeral prayer is performed over him, because it is reported that the Prophet ﷺ performed the funeral prayer over Hamza, and this is the view of Thawri and the jurists of reasoned opinion, held also by Ishaq." End of quote.I say, they also have the hadith of Uqba bin Amir, as will come later.As for what is reported from Ibn Abbas, who said, "The dead were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud, and he began performing the funeral prayer over them ten at a time, while Hamza remained as he was, they would be lifted away while he stayed in place," this is daif. Ibn Majah narrated it (1513) from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr, who said, Abu Bakr bin Ayyash narrated to us, from Yazid bin Abu Ziyad, from Miqsam, from Ibn Abbas, and he related it.Bayhaqi narrated it (4/12) through another route, from Abu Bakr bin Ayyash, from Yazid bin Abu Ziyad, from Ibn Abbas, who said, when Hamza was killed on the day of Uhud, Safiyya came seeking him, not knowing what had happened to him. She met Ali and Zubayr, and Ali said to Zubayr, "Mention it to your mother." Zubayr said, "No, rather you mention it to your aunt." She said, "What has become of Hamza?" and they gave her the impression that they did not know. Then the Prophet ﷺ came and said, "I fear for her mind." He placed his hand on her chest and prayed for her, and she then said the words of resignation and wept. Then he came and stood over him, who had been mutilated, and said, "Were it not for the grief of the women, I would have left him until he was gathered from the bellies of beasts of prey and the crops of birds." Then he ordered that the dead be brought, and he began performing the funeral prayer over them, placing nine of them alongside Hamza and saying the takbir seven times over them, then they would be lifted away while Hamza remained. Then nine more would be brought and he would say the takbir seven times over them, until he had finished with them all. I only remember it through the hadith of Abu Bakr bin Ayyash, from Yazid bin Abu Ziyad, and both of them were not reliable in memory. End of quote.Likewise, what is reported from Muhammad bin Ishaq is not sound, who said, someone I do not suspect narrated to me, from Miqsam, freedman of Abdullah bin Harith, from Ibn Abbas, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that Hamza be shrouded in a cloak, then he performed the funeral prayer over him, saying the takbir six times, then the dead were brought and placed beside Hamza, and he performed the funeral prayer over them along with him, until he had prayed over him seventy-two times. Ibn Hisham mentioned this in Sirah (2/97).Haythami said, "No attention should be given to what Ibn Ishaq narrates when he does not name his source, given how often he narrates from weak and unknown narrators. It is most likely that his report is a mistake, since it contradicts the sahih report from Jabir that the Prophet ﷺ did not perform the funeral prayer over them, and Jabir himself had witnessed the event."Suhayli said in Rawd Anf, "Ibn Ishaq's statement in this hadith, 'someone I do not suspect narrated to me,' if this refers to Hasan bin Umara, as some have said, then it is daif by the consensus of the scholars of hadith, and if it refers to someone else, then he is unknown. It has not been reported that the Prophet ﷺ performed the funeral prayer over a martyr in any of his campaigns except in this report, nor during the time of the two caliphs who succeeded him." End of his statement.Zaylai said in Nasb Raya (2/311), "It has come explicitly naming Hasan bin Umara, as Imam Abu Qurra Musa bin Tariq Zubaydi narrated it in his Sunan," and he related it at length.As for what Tabarani narrated in Kabir (11/62), that Muhammad bin Ishaq said, Muhammad bin Kaab Qurazi and Hakam bin Utayba narrated to me, from Miqsam and Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, and he related it, except that he said in it, "He said the takbir nine times over him," in its chain to him is Ahmad bin Ayub bin Rashid Basri, who said, Abdul-Ala narrated to us, from Muhammad bin Ishaq with his chain. Haythami said in Majma (6/120), "Ahmad bin Ayub bin Rashid is daif," and Hafiz placed him at the level of "acceptable," meaning if corroborated, but he was not corroborated, so his hadith is weak in reliability.Likewise, what is reported from Abu Malik Ghifari is not sound, that he said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the funeral prayer over the dead of Uhud ten at a time, with Hamza included among each group of ten, until he had prayed over him seventy times. Bayhaqi narrated it (4/12) and said, this is the soundest report on this matter, and it is a mursal report. Abu Dawud extracted it in Marasil (417) with a similar meaning, saying, Hannad narrated to us, from Abu Ahwas, from Ataa, from Shaybi, who said, the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Uhud performed the funeral prayer over Hamza seventy times. He began with Hamza and prayed over him, then he continued calling for the martyrs and praying over them, with Hamza remaining in place. He said, and this is also a broken chain, while the hadith of Jabir has a connected chain, and his father was among the martyrs of Uhud. End of Bayhaqi's statement.Likewise, what is reported from Anas, that the Prophet ﷺ passed by Hamza after he had been mutilated, and did not perform the funeral prayer over any of the martyrs except him, is not sound. Abu Dawud narrated it (3137) from Abbas Anbari, who said, Uthman bin Umar narrated to us, who said, Usama narrated to us, from Zuhri, from Anas, and he related it. Hakim graded it sahih (3/196) and said, "According to the criterion of Muslim." Nawawi said in Majmu (5/265), "Abu Dawud narrated it and its chain is hasan, or sahih."I say, these scholars did not notice that the chain contains a subtle flaw mentioned by Bukhari, as found in Ilal al-Kabir (1/411) by Tirmidhi, who asked Bukhari about the hadith of Abdul-Rahman bin Kaab, from Jabir bin Abdullah, concerning the martyrs of Uhud, and he said, "It is a hasan hadith, while the hadith of Usama bin Zayd, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas, is not preserved, Usama bin Zayd erred in it." End of quote.So Bukhari pointed out a subtle flaw in both the chain and the text. As for the chain, what Layth bin Saad narrated, from Zuhri, from Abdul-Rahman bin Kaab bin Malik, from Jabir, is more sound than the narration of Usama bin Zayd from Ibn Shihab. As for the text, Jabir affirms that the Prophet ﷺ did not perform the funeral prayer over any of the martyrs of Uhud, and his own father Abdullah was among them, so he is the person most knowledgeable about the funeral prayer over the martyrs of Uhud, unlike what Usama bin Zayd reported about them, for he made Hamza among those over whom the Prophet ﷺ prayed.Then I noticed that Usama bin Zayd was inconsistent in the text of the hadith. Abu Dawud narrated it (3135) through the route of Ibn Wahb, from Usama bin Zayd with his chain, that the martyrs of Uhud were not washed, and were buried in their blood, and the funeral prayer was not performed over them. Tirmidhi likewise narrated it (1016) through the route of Abu Safwan, from Usama, in a lengthy account, and in it also, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ buried them and did not perform the funeral prayer over them." Tirmidhi said, "The hadith of Anas is a hasan gharib hadith, we know it only from Anas through this route."So at one time he said, "He did not perform the funeral prayer over any of the martyrs except Hamza," and another time he denied the funeral prayer over the martyrs of Uhud altogether, with a general denial. Perhaps this stems from his poor memory, for he was described as such. Hafiz said in Taqrib, "Truthful but prone to error," and this is Usama bin Zayd Laythi, their freedman, Abu Zayd Madani. With this, Bukhari's criticism of this hadith is confirmed sound, as is Hafiz's in Talkhis (759), and Daraqutni likewise found fault with it.Hafiz bin Qayyim said in Tahzib Sunan, "What appears regarding the matter of the martyrs of Uhud is that the funeral prayer was not performed over them at burial. Seventy men were killed alongside him at Uhud, and it is not possible that the funeral prayer over them would remain hidden. The hadith of Jabir bin Abdullah regarding the omission of the funeral prayer over them is sahih and explicit, and his father Abdullah was one of those killed that day, so he had knowledge that others did not have."