Azami 3942

Bukhari related it in the Book of Zakat (1406), from Ali bin Abu Hashim, who heard Husayn narrate to us, from Zayd bin Wahb, and he mentioned it.As for what was related from Ibn Abbas, who said, "When this verse was revealed, "And those who hoard gold and silver", he said, this was hard on the Muslims. So Umar said, I will relieve you of this. He went and said, O Prophet of Allah, this verse has been hard on your companions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah has only prescribed zakat so that it may purify what remains of your wealth, and He has only prescribed inheritance so that it may belong to those who come after you.' Umar then said, this was hard, then he said to him, 'Shall I not tell you of the best thing a man can treasure up? A righteous wife, who when he looks at her pleases him, who when he commands her obeys him, and who when he is away from her is faithful to him.'"This is daif. Abu Dawud related it (1664), from Uthman bin Abu Shayba, who said, Yahya bin Yaala Muharibi narrated to us, who said, my father narrated to us, who said, Ghaylan narrated to us, from Jafar bin Iyas, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, and he mentioned it.Hakim graded it sahih (1/408-409) and related it through the route of Ali bin Abdullah Ibn Madini, who said, Yahya bin Yaala Muharibi narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ghaylan bin Jami, with his chain. He said, "Sahih according to the standard of the two Shaykhs."I say, Ghaylan bin Jami, who is Ibn Ashath Bukhari, Abu Abdullah Kufi, is among the men of Muslim but not Bukhari.Then Hakim related it (2/333), and from him Bayhaqi (4/82), through the route of Yahya bin Yaala Ibn Harith Muharibi, my father narrated to us, Ghaylan bin Jami narrated to us, from Uthman Abu Yaqzan, from Jafar bin Iyas, with his chain. He added into the chain, between Ghaylan bin Jami and Jafar bin Iyas, "Uthman Abu Yaqzan." He said, sahih in its chain.Dhahabi criticized this, saying, "I do not know Uthman, and the report is strange." Bayhaqi said, "Some of the narrators from Yahya shortened it, and did not mention Uthman Abu Yaqzan in its chain."I say, so it revolves between being disconnected and being daif, for no one has mentioned that Ghaylan bin Jami narrated from Jafar bin Iyas. As for Uthman, he is Ibn Umayr, in the diminutive form, and is also said to be Ibn Qays, though the correct view is that Qays was his father's grandfather, Abu Yaqzan Kufi, the blind. Ahmad, Ibn Main, Ibn Abu Hatim, Juzjani, Daraqutni, and others declared him daif.As for Dhahabi's statement, "I do not know Uthman," this contradicts what he mentioned in his biographical entry in Al-Mizan, where he quoted the leading scholars declaring him daif. Perhaps this is due to a discrepancy between manuscript copies, for in one place he wrote "Uthman bin Abu Yaqzan," and in another, "Uthman bin Qattan." No such discrepancy occurs in the copies of Bayhaqi, for he called him "Uthman Abu Yaqzan," and likewise identified him, saying, "They declared Uthman daif."As for the narration of Jafar bin Iyas from Mujahid, Shuba used to declare it daif, as Ahmad said.