Azami 4832

Abu Dawud (1849) narrated it from Muhammad bin Kathir, who said, Sulayman bin Kathir told us, from Humayd Tawil, from Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Harith bin Nawfal Hashimi, from his father, and he related it. Its isnad is hasan on account of Sulayman bin Kathir Abdi Basri, for there is disagreement about him, though he is accepted in narrations other than from Zuhri, and he has been corroborated.This is what Ahmad (783) and Bazzar in Kashf Astar (1100) narrated at length through the route of Sulayman bin Mughira, from Ali bin Zayd, who said, Abdullah bin Harith bin Nawfal Hashimi told us, saying, my father Harith was in charge of some affair of Makkah in the time of Uthman. Uthman then came to Makkah. Abdullah bin Harith said, I went out to meet Uthman at the lodging place in Qudayd. The people of the water there had caught a partridge, so we cooked it with water and salt and made it into broth for tharid, and we served it to Uthman and his companions, but they held back.Uthman said, "It is game that I did not hunt and did not order to be hunted. It was hunted by people not in ihram, and they gave it to us to eat, so what is the harm?" Uthman said, "Who has a ruling on this?" They said, "Ali." So he sent for Ali, and he came.Abdullah bin Harith said, "It is as if I can still see Ali when he came, brushing bits of leaves from his hands." Uthman said to him, "It is game that we did not hunt and did not order to be hunted. It was hunted by people not in ihram, and they gave it to us to eat, so what is the harm?"He said, Ali became angry and said, "I call upon Allah any man who witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was brought the leg of a wild donkey, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We are people in ihram, so feed it to those who are not in ihram.'" He said, Twelve men from among the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ testified to this.Then Ali said, "I call upon Allah any man who witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was brought ostrich eggs, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We are people in ihram, feed it to those who are not in ihram.'" He said, Fewer than the twelve testified to this.He said, So Uthman turned his side away from the food and went into his tent, and the people of the water ate that food.Ali bin Zayd is Ibn Jadan, who is daif, and that is why some objectionable elements occur in his narration. Imam Ahmad (784) and Abu Yaala (356, 432) also narrated it through other routes from Ali bin Zayd, without mentioning the number of those who testified.As for Bazzar's statement, "This is the best that is narrated from Ali on this subject," if he meant the best in terms of isnad, that is not so, for what Abu Dawud narrated may be better than it. But if he meant the substance of the hadith, then it is as he said.It has been narrated from Ali bin Abu Talib, with a daif isnad, that he said, "The Prophet ﷺ was brought meat of game while he was in ihram, and he did not eat it." Ibn Majah (3091) narrated it from Uthman bin Abu Shayba, who said, Imran bin Muhammad bin Abu Layla told us, from his father, from Abdul-Kareem, from Abdullah bin Harith, from Ibn Abbas, from Ali bin Abu Talib, and he related it. Its isnad is daif on account of Muhammad bin Abu Layla, and his teacher Abdul-Kareem bin Abu Mukhariq, both of whom are daif. Through this same route it was also recorded by Abdullah bin Ahmad in his additions to the Musnad (830), and by Abu Yaala (433). Busiri, in Zawaid, attributed its defect to Abdul-Kareem bin Abu Mukhariq.His words "al-hajal," with the vowel movement, refer to the well-known bird, the partridge, whose singular is hajala. "Al-yaaqib" is the plural of yaqub, which means the male partridge. "Al-khabat," with the ba unvoweled, means striking the branches of trees with a stick so that the leaves fall as fodder for camels.His words "Ashja," with the shin unvoweled, refer to Ashja bin Rayth bin Ghatfan bin Saad bin Qays, of Mudar. It is the name of a tribe.In the hadith there is an indication that Ali bin Abu Talib knew that Harith had prepared this food specifically for Uthman and the companions present with him, and so he did not think it right for him, or for anyone present with him, to eat it.