I was among a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the presence of Muawiya, when Muawiya said, "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wearing of silk?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "And I too bear witness to that."He then asked, "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wearing of gold except in small pieces?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "And I too bear witness to that."He then asked, "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade riding on leopard skins?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "And I too bear witness to that."He then asked, "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade drinking from silver vessels?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "And I too bear witness to that."He then asked, "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade combining Hajj and Amra?"They replied, "As for that, no."He said, "Indeed, it is among them."
كنت في ملأ من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ عند معاوية، فقال معاوية: أنشدكم الله، أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن لبس الحرير؟ قالوا: اللهم نعم. قال: وأنا أشهد، قال: أنشدكم الله، أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن لبس الذهب إلا مقطعا؟ قالوا: اللهم نعم، قال: وأنا أشهد، قال: أنشدكم الله، أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ انهى عن ركوب النمور؟ قالوا: اللهم نعم، قال: وأنا أشهد، قال: أنشدكم الله، أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن الشرب في آنية الفضة؟ قالوا: اللهم نعم، قال: وأنا أشهد، قال: أنشدكم الله، أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن جمع بين حج وعمرة؟ قالوا: أما هذا، فلا، قال: أما إنها معهن.
Abu Dawud (1794), Nasai (5166), and Ahmad (16833) all narrated this hadith through Qatada, from Abu Shaykh Hinai, with this wording. The wording given here is Ahmad's, while Abu Dawud and Nasai narrated it in abridged form. Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Abu Shaykh Hinai, whose name was Khaywan, though some say Haywan bin Khalda, and others say Ibn Khalid, of Basra, one of the Quran readers of Basra. Ibn Saad and Ajli both deemed him trustworthy, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Thiqat. Ibn Hajar relied on these assessments in Taqrib, saying, "Trustworthy." Some scholars, however, criticized him, saying that his status is unknown, though he does not fall below the level of hasan, except in his statement that the Prophet forbade combining Hajj and Umrah, which contains an element of nakara (an irregularity), as was already noted in the book on Hajj.As for what was narrated from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet said, "The angels do not accompany a traveling group that has a leopard skin among them," this is shadh (anomalous). Abu Dawud (4130) narrated it from Muhammad bin Bashshar, who said, "Abu Dawud told us, Imran told us, from Qatada, from Zurara, from Abu Hurairah," and related it accordingly. In it is Imran, who is Ibn Dawar Qattan of Basra, and his hadith is hasan when he is not contradicted by others, but he was contradicted regarding the wording of this hadith.Imam Ahmad (8998), Nasai in Kubra (8759), and Ishaq bin Rahawayh in his Musnad (the Musnad of Abu Hurairah), (280), all narrated it through Muaz bin Hisham, from his father, from Qatada, from Zurara bin Awfa, from Abu Hurairah, with the wording, "The angels do not accompany a traveling group that has a bell among them." Hisham is Ibn Abu Abdullah Dastawai, one of the most reliable narrators of Qatada's hadith, to the point that Shuba said, "Hisham Dastawai knows Qatada's hadith better than I do, and spent more time in his company than I did." Ibn Main said, "The most trustworthy narrators of Qatada's hadith are Saeed (meaning Ibn Abu Aruba), Shuba, and Hisham."Imran Qattan was corroborated regarding the wording of this hadith, but he was contradicted regarding its chain of transmission, in what Tabarani narrated in Musnad Shamiyin (2721) through Walid bin Muslim, who said, "Saeed bin Bashir told us," from Qatada, from Zurara bin Awfa, from Saeed bin Hisham, from Ayesha, relating it with wording similar to Abu Dawud's. He thus placed it within Ayesha's musnad. In this chain is Saeed bin Bashir al-Dimashqi, who, despite being daif himself, contradicted a trustworthy narrator.Among what indicates that the preserved wording in Abu Hurairah's hadith mentions "the bell" rather than "the leopard skin" is what Muslim narrated in the Book of Clothing (2115), through Suhayl, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah said, "The angels do not accompany a traveling group that has a dog or a bell among them."