Azami 4216

Imam Ahmad narrated it through three routes, one from Yazid (7921), one from Affan (8294), and one from Bahz (10358), all of them from Hammam bin Yahya, from Qatada, from Abdul-Malik, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it.This Abdul-Malik was mentioned without further lineage, and likewise Ibn Hajar stated in Ithaf Mahra (15/323) that he was not identified by lineage.Then, after research and tracing, it became clear that he is Abdul-Malik bin Malik Maraghi, whose kunya is Abu Ayub. This is how Ibn Khuzayma named him and gave his kunya in Kitab Tawhid (43), in the hadith of Abu Hurairah, "When one of you fights, let him avoid the face, for Allah created Adam in his image."He narrated it through the route of Qatada, from Abu Ayub, who is the Azdi, Abdul-Malik bin Malik Maraghi, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it.If Abdul-Malik is Abu Ayub Maraghi, then he is among the narrators of the two Sahihs, but there is disagreement about his name. Mizzi said his name is Yahya bin Malik, and it is also said Habib bin Malik, and he mentioned that he narrates from Abu Hurairah, and that Qatada bin Diama narrates from him.I say, it may also be that his name is Abdul-Malik bin Malik as well, since there is disagreement about his name, and Allah Most High knows best.Haythami's statement in Majma (3/101) suggests that he is Abdul-Malik Abu Ayub Maraghi, for he said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of sahih."On this subject there is also a report from Aidh bin Amr, who said, I think he attributed it to the Prophet (the speaker being Abdul-Samad bin Abdul-Warith, the teacher of Ahmad), he said, "If something of this worldly provision comes to one of you, let him use it to expand his provision, but if he is not in need of it, let him direct it to someone more in need of it than himself."Imam Ahmad narrated it through several routes, one from Abdul-Samad bin Abdul-Warith (20642), who paired him with Yunus (20647), one from Hasan bin Musa (20648), and one from Waki (20649), all of them from Abu Ashhab, from Amir Ahwal, from Aidh bin Amr, and their wording is similar.But Abdul-Samad said in his narration, from Abu Ashhab, from Amir Ahwal, a teacher of his, from Aidh bin Amr, and he related the hadith.As for his saying "a teacher of his," and in Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, "he is another Tabii teacher," does this mean that this Amir Ahwal is not the well known Amir bin Abdul-Wahid Ahwal Basri? If he is someone else, then perhaps he did meet Aidh bin Amr, for Abu Qasim Baghawi said about this Amir bin Abdul-Wahid Ahwal, in his entry on Aidh bin Amr, "Amir bin Abdul-Wahid Ahwal narrated from him, though I do not think he actually met him."But Ibn Hajar said in Tahzib, "In Jarh wa Tadil of Ibn Abu Hatim, and Tarikh of Ibn Abu Khaythama, there is what makes this clear, for he said, Amir Ahwal is the son of Abdul-Wahid, a Basran, who narrated from Aidh bin Amr, Abu Siddiq, and Amr bin Shuayb. He then went on to relate what people said about him, and Ibn Abu Khaythama said in his Tarikh, I heard Abu Zakariya say, Amir Ahwal is a Basran, and he is the son of Abdul-Wahid, so every Amir that the Basrans narrate from is him and no one else." End of quote.So if it is established that he is Amir bin Abdul-Wahid Ahwal, then there is a break in the chain between him and Aidh bin Amr.The hadith was narrated by Tabarani in Kabir (18/19), Ibn Qani in Mujam Sahaba (2/302–303), and Bayhaqi in Shuab al-Iman (3554), all of them by this route.Abdullah bin Ahmad said, I asked my father, "What is craving?" He said, "It is when you say to yourself, So-and-so will send something to me, so-and-so will give me a gift."