Azami 4983

Abu Dawud (1892) narrated it from Musaddad, who said, "Isa bin Yunus narrated to us," who said, "Ibn Jurayj narrated to us," from Yahya bin Ubayd, from his father, from Abdullah bin Saaib, and he related the hadith. Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Yahya's father, Ubayd, the freed slave of Saaib al-Makhzumi, whom Ibn Hibban mentioned in Thiqat (5/139). He also included it in his Sahih (3826). Ibn Khuzayma (2721) and Hakim (1/455) likewise graded it sahih. Hakim said, "It is sahih according to the criterion of Muslim," though Muslim did not narrate from either Yahya bin Ubayd or his father.It has been said that Ubayd was a companion, and for that reason Ibn Qani, Ibn Manda, and Abu Naeem listed him among the companions. But the correct view is that he was a successor, as Hafiz stated in Isabah. Ibn Jurayj stated the transmission explicitly in the version narrated by Imam Ahmad (15398, 15399) and in that of Ibn Khuzayma. In the second version narrated by Imam Ahmad it reads, "between the corner of Banu Jumah and the Black Corner." The corner of Banu Jumah refers to the Yemeni Corner, named after Banu Jumah, a clan of Quraysh whose houses stood in that direction.Moreover, the practice of the early generations supports this hadith. Abdul-Razzaq (8966) narrated from Maamar, who said, "Someone I trust told me, from a man, who said, 'I heard Umar bin Khattab repeatedly saying, around this House,'" reciting "Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire" [Baqarah 2:201]. This contains two unidentified narrators, but Bayhaqi (5/84) narrated it through another, connected route, from Aasim, from Habib bin Suhban, that he saw Umar circling the House saying the same verse just mentioned, and said, "He had no other recurring phrase besides it."And from Abu Shuba al-Bakri, who said, "I performed tawaf with Ibn Umar, and I heard him say, when he came level with the Yemeni Corner, 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise, and in His hand is all good, and He is capable of all things.' Then when he reached the Stone, he said, "Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire" [Baqarah 2:201]. When he finished, I said, 'Abu Abdul-Rahman, I heard you saying such and such.' He said, 'Did you hear me?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'That is it. I praised my Lord, bore witness to the truth, and asked Him for the good of this world and the Hereafter.'"Abdul-Razzaq (8965) narrated it, saying, "I heard a man narrating to Hisham bin Hassan, from an uncle of his, from Abu Shuba," and he related it. He said, "Hisham then called for an inkwell and wrote it down." This too contains two unidentified narrators, but it was narrated through another, connected route, from Thawri, from Mansur, from Hilal bin Yasaf, from Abu Shuba, except that it does not mention Abu Shuba's question or Ibn Umar's answer.Something similar has been narrated from Ali bin Abu Talib, Ibn Abbas, and others, with daif chains, as found in Duaa by Tabarani (860, 861) and Akhbar Makkah by Azraqi (1/340).Shafii said, "I like that, whenever one comes level with it," meaning the Black Stone, "he should say Allahu Akbar, and during the brisk walk say, 'O Allah, make it an accepted pilgrimage, a forgiven sin, and an appreciated effort,' and during the four circuits say, 'O Allah, forgive, have mercy, and overlook what You know, for You are the Mightiest, the Most Generous. O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'" Bayhaqi (5/84) narrated this with his chain from Shafii.