Azami 6513

Abu Dawud (2106), Nasai (3349), Tirmidhi (1114), Ibn Majah (1887), and Ahmad (340) narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (4620), Hakim (2/175-176), and Bayhaqi (7/234) graded it sahih, all of them from the hadith of Muhammad bin Sirin, from Abu Ujfa Sulami, who related it.In some routes of the hadith, Ibn Sirin said, "I was informed," but explicit mention of direct hearing came in other routes, so the disconnection was removed.Some of them added, "A man may find his wife's dowry so burdensome that he comes to harbor enmity toward her in his heart, and says, 'I have gone to such trouble for you as hauling the strap of a waterskin,' or 'the sweat of a waterskin.'" I was a native-born Arab, yet I did not know what "the strap of the waterskin" meant.Tirmidhi said, "hasan sahih. Abu Ujfa's name is Harim." I say, its isnad is hasan because of Abu Ujfa Sulami, for there is disagreement about him. Ibn Main and Daraqutni deemed him reliable, but Bukhari said, "There is something questionable in his hadith," and Abu Ahmad Hakim said, "His hadith is not well established." This criticism of theirs is unspecific, so the endorsement of those who deemed him reliable takes precedence, for the hadith of such a man is graded hasan so long as he does not contradict others and nothing objectionable appears in his hadith. As for the Hafiz's statement, "acceptable," the truth is that he is "trustworthy," and he does not need corroboration. Hakim said, "Its isnad is sahih." Abu Ujfa Sulami's name is Harim bin Hayan, and he is among the reliable narrators. It was reported from Abdul-Rahman bin Mahdi that "his name is Harim," but Dhahabi challenged this, saying, "Rather, Harim bin Nasib."As for what was reported from Shaybi, who said, Umar bin Khattab addressed the people. He praised Allah the Almighty and extolled Him, and said, "Do not go to excess in the dowries of women, for it has reached me that anyone who pays a dowry greater than what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid, or was paid, I will place the excess in the treasury." Then he came down from the pulpit, and a woman from Quraysh approached him and said, "O Commander of the Faithful, is the Book of Allah the Almighty more deserving to be followed, or your word?" He said, "Rather the Book of Allah the Almighty, so what is that?" She said, "You have just now forbidden people from going to excess in the dowries of women, yet Allah the Almighty says in His Book, "And you have given one of them a fortune, do not take anything of it" [Nisa 4:20]." He said, "Everyone is more knowledgeable than Umar ," twice or three times. Then he returned to the pulpit and said to the people, "I had forbidden you from going to excess in the dowries of women, but let a man do with his wealth as he wishes." This is daif.Bayhaqi (7/233) narrated it from the hadith of Saeed bin Mansur, and it is in his Sunan (1/166), where he said, "Hushaym narrated to us, Mujalid narrated to us, from Shaybi," and he related it. Bayhaqi said, "This is disconnected," meaning that Shaybi did not meet Umar bin Khattab.It was also narrated by another route, from Qays bin Rabi, from Abu Husayn, from Abu Abdul-Rahman Sulami, who said, Umar bin Khattab said, "Do not go to excess in the dowries of women." A woman said, "That is not for you to say, Umar. Allah says, "And you have given one of them a fortune" [Nisa 4:20]." He said, and likewise it is in the reading of Abdullah, "It is not lawful for you to take anything of it." Umar then said, "A woman disputed with Umar, and she got the better of him."Abdul-Razzaq (10420) narrated it from Qays bin Rabi, and Qays bin Rabi is daif by the consensus of the scholars. Abu Abdul-Rahman Sulami is Abdullah bin Habib bin Rabia Sulami Kufi, the Quran reciter, reliable and firm, and his father was a companion, though he himself did not meet Umar bin Khattab.It was also narrated from Umar bin Khattab that he said, "I went out intending to forbid excessive dowries for women, until I read this verse, "And you have given one of them a fortune" [Nisa 4:20]." Saeed bin Mansur narrated it in his Sunan (1/167), and so did Bayhaqi, who said, "This is a good mursal."On this subject there are hadiths that are not sound. Among them is what was reported from Ibn Abbas, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of them is the one whose dowry is easiest." Ibn Hibban narrated it in his Sahih (4034), Aqeeli in Duafa (499), and Tabarani in Kabir (11/78), all of them from the hadith of Raja bin Harith, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, who related it.Haythami said in Majma (4/281), "It contains Raja bin Harith, whom Ibn Main and others declared daif, while the rest of its narrators are reliable." I say, it is as he said. Aqeeli reported from Bukhari, who said, "Raja bin Harith, his hadith is not well established." Aqeeli said, "And he is not corroborated in it."