Azami 4065

Ahmad (25057) narrated it from Waki, and Bazzar - in Kashf Astar (936) - narrated it from Muhammad bin Bashshar and Muhammad bin Khidash, who both said, Abu Asim told us, both of them from Muhammad bin Sulaym, who was a man from the people of Makkah (as Bazzar said), from Ibn Abu Mulayka, from Ayesha, and he related it.Bazzar said, "We do not know it from Ayesha except through this chain, and it was narrated from Muhammad bin Sulaym by Waki and Abu Asim."I say, its chain is sahih. Muhammad bin Sulaym is Abu Uthman the Makkan, who narrated from Ibn Abu Mulayka, and Waki and Abu Asim Nabil and others narrated from him. He is reliable, Ibn Main and Ibn Hibban considered him reliable, and Abu Hatim said, "Sound," and he does not fall below the rank of "truthful." Hafiz [Ibn Hajar] said of him, "Reliable."Hafiz Haythami erred in Majma (1053) when he thought that this was Muhammad bin Sulaym Abu Hilal Rasibi, and so he faulted the hadith on that account, even though that man was from Basrah, while the one we have is from Makkah, as Bazzar said. Moreover, Haythami attributed it only to Ahmad, even though Bazzar mentioned it in Kashf Astar and quoted therein Bazzar's statement that he was from Makkah, so take note.As for what is narrated from her, "O Ayesha, ward off the Fire even with half a date, for it does for the hungry what it does for the well-fed," this is disconnected. Imam Ahmad (24501) narrated it from Muhammad bin Abdullah, who said, Kathir bin Zayd told us, from Muttalib bin Abdullah, from Ayesha, and he related it.Muttalib bin Abdullah bin Muttalib bin Hantab Makhzumi, most of his hadiths have missing links in the chain, and there is disagreement over whether he met Ayesha. Most hold that he did not hear from her, except for what Abu Zura said, "I hope that he heard from Ayesha." Abu Hatim said, "He did not meet Ayesha, and it seems likely that he met Jabir." See further Tuhfat Tahsil by Iraqi.Kathir bin Zayd is Aslami, Abu Muhammad the Madani, there is disagreement about him, though his hadith is hasan. Haythami did not refer to the chain of this hadith, but rather combined the two hadiths into one and only discussed the first narration.