Azami 716

Imam Ahmad narrated it (14955) from Muhammad bin Sabiq, who said, "Ibrahim bin Tahman narrated to us, from Abu Zubayr, from Jabir," and he related it in a long hadith. Haythami mentioned it in Majma (3/8) and said, "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih."I say, it is as he said, were it not for Abu Zubayr's ambiguous wording, since he is known to conceal defects in his chains of transmission. Ibn Hajar mentioned it in Fath (6/173), citing it as supporting evidence, and remained silent about it, and his standard for such silence is that the hadith be sahih or hasan, as he stated in Hadi Sari.In a narration by Ahmad (14954), "The Muslims will flee to the mountain of smoke in Syria, and he will come to them and besiege them, and the siege will intensify, exhausting them severely. Then Isa bin Maryam will descend and call out at dawn, saying, 'O people, what is preventing you from going out against the wicked liar?' They will say, 'This is a jinn.' So they will set out, and there they will find Isa bin Maryam. The prayer will be called, and it will be said to him, 'Step forward, O Spirit of Allah.' He will say, 'Let your imam step forward and lead you in prayer.' When they have prayed the dawn prayer, they will go out against him."He said, "When the liar sees him, he will dissolve just as salt dissolves in water. He will walk toward him and kill him, until even the tree and the stone will call out, 'O Spirit of Allah, this is a Jew.' He will not leave anyone who followed him without killing him."Haythami mentioned it in Majma (7/344) and said, "Ahmad narrated it with two chains, and the narrators of one of them are the narrators of the Sahih."Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih in Kitab Tawhid (55), as did Hakim (4/530), both via the route of Ibrahim bin Tahman, in abridged form. Hakim said, "The isnad is sahih." Dhahabi asserted that it meets the criteria of Muslim.And it is indeed so, except that Abu Zubayr is known to conceal defects in transmission, and he used ambiguous wording here, but it can be cited as supporting evidence given what has preceded from other routes narrated from Jabir.The origin of Jabir's hadith is found in Sahih Muslim (2926) in abridged form, from Abu Nadra, from Jabir bin Abdullah, though its wording was not given, rather it referred to the wording of Jareeri's hadith, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Saeed, who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr met him on one of the roads of Madinah."The Messenger of Allah said to him, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I believe in Allah, His angels, and His books. What do you see?" He said, "I see a throne upon water."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You see the throne of Iblis upon the sea. And what else do you see?" He said, "I see a truthful one and a liar, or two liars and a truthful one."The Messenger of Allah said, "He has been confused, leave him."This is the end of what is in Sahih Muslim.