Azami 5091

Muslim narrated it in the book of Hajj (1218) via Hatim bin Ismail, from Jafar bin Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir, relating the hadith in full concerning the Prophet's Hajj. Abu Dawud narrated it (1905) through this same route as a connected (musnad) narration, and he also narrated it (1906) through another route, from Abdullah bin Maslama, who said, Sulayman, meaning Ibn Bilal, told us. And from Ahmad bin Hanbal, who said, Abdul-Wahhab Thaqafi told us, the meaning being the same, from Jafar bin Muhammad, from his father, "that the Prophet prayed Dhuhr and Asr at Arafah with a single adhan, without praying anything between them, and with two iqamas, and prayed Maghrib and Isha at Jam with a single adhan and two iqamas, without praying anything between them," as a mursal narration.Now Jafar's father is Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn bin Ali bin Abu Talib, Abu Jafar the Baqir, who did not meet the Prophet . However, this mursal narration does not undermine the connected one, and Abu Dawud's own words point to this, for he said, following the hadith of Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn, "This hadith was narrated with a connected chain by Hatim bin Ismail in the long hadith" (that is, the hadith of Jabir describing the Prophet's Hajj), "and Hatim bin Ismail was corroborated in his connected chain by Muhammad bin Ali Jufi, from Jafar" (that is, Ibn Muhammad), "from his father, from Jabir, except that he said, 'and he prayed Maghrib and Isha with one adhan and one iqama.'"So he gave preference to the narration of Hatim bin Ismail, supported by Muhammad bin Ali Jufi, both of them narrating from Jafar bin Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir, over the narration of Sulayman bin Bilal and Abdul-Wahhab Thaqafi, both of whom narrated from Jafar bin Muhammad, from his father Muhammad, as a mursal narration. This is correct, except that in the narration of Muhammad bin Ali Jufi it says "with one adhan and one iqama."Bukhari gave a biographical entry for Muhammad bin Ali Jufi in Tarikh al-Kabir (1/184), and Ibn Abu Hatim did likewise in Jarh wa Tadil (27/8), but neither said anything about him, so he is counted among the unknown narrators. His wording, "with one adhan and one iqama," is anomalous, because what is preserved is "with one adhan and two iqamas," as found in the connected narration of Hatim bin Ismail, and in the mursal narration of Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn the Baqir.Then I found that Sulayman bin Bilal also narrated from Jafar bin Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir, with a connected chain as well. Imam Ahmad narrated it (15243) from Musa bin Dawud, from him, relating part of the hadith. As for combining the two prayers at Muzdalifa, that will be discussed after several more chapters.