Azami 6362

Shafii narrated it in al-Umm (5/94). He said, "My uncle Muhammad bin Ali bin Shafi told us, from Abdullah bin Ali bin Saaib, from Amr bin Uhayha, or the son of so-and-so bin Uhayha bin so-and-so al-Ansari." He said, "Muhammad bin Ali said, and he was trustworthy, from Khuzayma bin Thabit," and then he related it. Nasai narrated it in al-Kubra (8943) through the route of Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ayan, who said, "Muhammad bin Ali al-Shafii told us," with his chain, and he named him Amr bin Uhayha bin Jalah without any doubt about it.Bayhaqi (7/196), after bringing out the hadith through the route of Shafii, said that Shafii said, "My uncle is trustworthy, and Abdullah bin Ali is trustworthy, and Muhammad has informed us, on the authority of the Ansari who transmitted it, that he praised him well. As for Khuzayma, no scholar doubts his trustworthiness, so I do not make light of relating from him, rather I insist on it."I say, this chain is sahih. Ibn Hazm also declared it sahih in al-Muhalla (10/70). The hadith has other chains as well.Among them is what Ibn Majah (1924) and Ahmad (21854) and Bayhaqi all narrated through the route of Hajjaj bin Artah, from Amr bin Shuayb, from Abdullah bin Hurmi, from Khuzayma bin Thabit, with the wording, "Allah does not shy away from the truth, do not approach women in their rears," and in some versions, "their backsides." But Hajjaj bin Artah is a mudallis and he has related this with an, meaning he did not clarify direct hearing.Abdullah bin Hurmi is actually Hurmi bin Abdullah, and it seems the name got inverted by Hajjaj bin Artah, since along with his tadlis he was also described as frequently erring. Bukhari pointed this out in his Tarikh (8/257), and Bayhaqi also alluded to it. Bayhaqi then narrated it through the route of Muthanna bin Sabbah, from Amr bin Shuayb, from Hurmi bin Abdullah.Likewise, Abdullah bin Ali (who is Ibn Saaib) also narrated it from Hurmi bin Amr al-Khatmi, and through his route Ahmad (21865) and Nasai in al-Kubra (8940) narrated it, naming him Hurmi bin Amr, since there was disagreement about the name of his father and grandfather. It was said this way, and it was said otherwise.Likewise, Abdullah bin Amr bin Qays al-Khatmi also narrated it, from Hurmi bin Abdullah, relating the hadith. Bayhaqi narrated it through the route of Walid bin Kathir, from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Husayn al-Khatmi, from Abdul-Malik bin Amr. Then he also narrated it through the route of Ibn Usama bin Hadi, from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Husayn, from Hurmi bin Abdullah, and he said, "Ibn Hadi shortened it, not mentioning Abdul-Malik bin Amr in it." And Ibn Uyayna narrated it from Ibn Hadi but made an error in its chain.He then narrated it through the route of Humaydi, "Sufyan bin Uyayna told us, from Yazid bin Had, from Umara bin Khuzayma bin Thabit, from his father," and he related the hadith. It has been reported from Shafii that he said, "Sufyan erred in the hadith of Ibn Hadi." Bayhaqi said, "The core of this hadith rests on Hurmi bin Abdullah, and there is no basis for Umara bin Khuzayma in it, except through the hadith of Ibn Uyayna, and the scholars of hadith consider it a mistake." End of quote.I say, the scholars have disagreed about this Hurmi bin Abdullah. Some said he was a companion, and others said he is a different person, that there are two of them. The one who narrated from Khuzayma bin Thabit was born during the time of the Prophet and lived to encounter the companions of the Messenger of Allah , among them Khuzayma bin Thabit, so they said he is majhul (unknown), but he has been corroborated in the first chain which Shafii declared sahih. As for the one who was a companion, he is someone else, for he was present at some of the battles with the Prophet , such as Tabuk and others.The conclusion regarding the hadith of Khuzayma bin Thabit is that it is a sahih hadith. Shafii, Ahmad, Ibn Hibban, and others declared it sahih. Munziri said in al-Targhib wal-Tarhib (3698), "Ibn Majah narrated it, and the wording is his, and Nasai in Ishrat al-Nisa through several chains, one of which is jayyid (good)."