Azami 747

Imam Ahmad (16976), Tabarani in Al-Kabir (3537), and Abu Yaala (1559) narrated it, and Hakim (4/85) graded it sahih, all of them from the hadith of Uzai, who said, Usayd bin Abdul-Rahman told me, who said, Salih bin Jubayr told me, who said, Abu Jumua told me, and he related it.Hakim said, sahih in isnad. Its isnad is hasan because of Salih bin Jubayr Sadai, Abu Muhammad Shami Tabarani, also said to be Filastini Ardani. He was the secretary of Umar bin Abdul-Aziz over land tax and the army, and Umar once said of him, "We appointed Salih bin Jubayr as governor, and we found him true to his name." Ibn Main deemed him reliable, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Thiqat. In Taqrib it says, truthful, and a large number of narrators transmitted from him. However, Abu Hatim said, an unknown shaykh, and perhaps what he means by this is that he had few narrations, since Abu Hatim uses the word "unknown" for those with few narrations, as I have explained in detail in my book, Dirasat fi Jarh wal-Tadil.Bukhari narrated it in Khalq Afal Abbad (390) from Abdullah bin Salih, Muawiya bin Salih told me, from Ibn Jubayr, who said, Abu Jumua Ansari came to us and said, We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and with us was Muaz bin Jabal, making the tenth of ten. We said, "O Messenger of Allah, is there anyone with a greater reward than us? We have believed in you and followed you." He said, "What is there to prevent that, when the Messenger of Allah is among you, bringing you revelation from heaven? Rather, there will be a people who come after you, to whom a book comes between two covers, and they believe in it and act upon what is in it. Those people have a greater reward than you."In this there is a corroboration for Usayd bin Abdul-Rahman, and he, although reliable, was deemed trustworthy by Yaqub bin Sufyan and others. Salih bin Jubayr also has a corroboration, narrated by Imam Ahmad (16977) through the same route of Uzai, who said, Usayd bin Abdul-Rahman told me, from Khalid bin Durayk, from Ibn Muhayriz, who said, I said to Abu Jumua, a man among the companions, "Tell us a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "I will tell you a fine hadith. We had lunch with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and with us was Ubayda bin Jarrah..." and he related the hadith in the same manner.On this topic there is also what has been narrated from Umar bin Khattab, who said, I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "Tell me who among the people of faith has the most complete faith?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, the angels." He said, "They have that right, and it is due to them, and what is there to prevent them, when Allah has placed them in the station He has placed them in? Rather, others." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, the prophets, whom Allah honored with His message and prophethood." He said, "They have that right, and it is due to them, and what is there to prevent them, when Allah has placed them in the station He has placed them in? Rather, others." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, the martyrs who were martyred alongside the prophets." He said, "They have that right, and it is due to them, and what is there to prevent them, when Allah has honored them with martyrdom alongside the prophets? Rather, others." They said, "Then who, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Peoples in the loins of men who will come after me, who believe in me without having seen me, and affirm me without having seen me, who find the pages hung up and act upon what is in them. These are the people of faith with the most complete faith."Abu Yaala (160) narrated it from Musab bin Abdullah, Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad told us, from Muhammad bin Abu Humayd, from Zayd bin Aslam, from his father, from Umar bin Khattab, and he related it. Hakim (4/85, 86) and Khatib in Sharaf Ashab Hadith (62) both narrated it through the route of Muhammad bin Abu Humayd, and Hakim said, sahih in isnad, though the two of them (Bukhari and Muslim) did not narrate it. Dhahabi challenged this and said, "Rather, they have judged Muhammad daif."I say, it is as he said, for Muhammad bin Abu Humayd, whose name was Ibrahim Ansari Zarqi, Abu Ibrahim Madani, nicknamed Hammad, is very daif according to the majority of the scholars. Ahmad said, his hadiths are objectionable. Ibn Main said, daif, his hadith is worthless. Bukhari said, his hadith is objectionable. Nasai said, not reliable. Abu Hatim said, he was a blind man, his hadith is objectionable, his hadith is daif. Abu Dawud, Daraqutni, Ibn Hibban, Aqeeli, and others also deemed him daif.So no attention should be paid to what Ibn Shahin mentioned in Thiqat (1206) from Ahmad bin Salih, who said, "Reliable without doubt, his hadith is hasan, the people of Madinah narrated from him and call him Hammad, while others call him Muhammad bin Abu Humayd." There is further discussion of him, see Tahdhib.Aqeeli narrated it in Duafa (1832) in the entry on Minhal bin Bahr, who said, Hisham bin Abu Abdullah told us, from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, from Zayd bin Aslam, from his father, from Umar, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you know which of creation has the most wondrous faith?" and he related the hadith. This corroboration does not help at all, for Aqeeli said of Minhal bin Bahr, "There is something questionable in his hadith," and said, "This hadith is only known through Muhammad bin Abu Humayd, from Zayd bin Aslam, and it is not preserved as coming from the hadith of Yahya bin Abu Kathir, nor does anyone corroborate Minhal on it," end of quote.I say, this Minhal bin Bahr was mentioned by Dhahabi in Mizan, who quoted Aqeeli's statement, "there is something questionable in his hadith," and said, Abu Hatim narrated from him and said, reliable. Ibn Adi mentioned him in his Kamil and indicated that he was somewhat weak.In the isnad there is also Yahya bin Abu Kathir, whom Aqeeli mentioned in Duafa (2051), saying, "he is noted for tadlis," and in Taqrib it says, "reliable and firm, but he practices tadlis and irsal." I say, he has narrated it with an ambiguous chain of transmission, so it is not guaranteed that he did not conceal a defect in this particular isnad, either by dropping a man from the chain, or by having heard it from Ibn Abu Humayd himself and then dropping him because of his weakness.Then this hadith to which Aqeeli referred is another hadith, narrated by Hasan bin Arafah, and through his route Khatib in Sharaf Ashab Hadith (61), who said, Ismail bin Ayyash Himsi told us, from Mughira bin Qays Tamimi, from Amr bin Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Which of creation is most wondrous to you in faith?" They said, "The angels." He said, "And what prevents them from believing, when they are with their Lord!" They said, "Then the prophets?" He said, "And what prevents them from believing, when revelation descends upon them!" They said, "We ourselves." He said, "And what prevents you from believing, when I am among you!" Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most wondrous of creation to me in faith are a people who will come after you, who find pages containing a book, and believe in what is in them."Ismail bin Ayyash is daif in his narration from non-Levantine narrators, and his teacher Mughira bin Qays Tamimi Basri is not from the Levantines, moreover he is daif as well. Abu Hatim said, "his hadith is objectionable," Jarh wal-Tadil (8/227, 228).On this topic there is also what has been narrated from Abu Saeed Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that a man said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, blessed is he who saw you and believed in you." He said, "Blessed is he who saw me and believed in me, and then blessed, and blessed, and blessed is he who believed in me without having seen me." A man said to him, "And what is 'blessed'?" He said, "A tree in Paradise whose shade takes a hundred years to cross, from whose sleeves the garments of the people of Paradise emerge."Ahmad (11673) and Abu Yaala (1374) narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (7230, 7413) graded it sahih, all of them through routes from Darraj Abu Samh, that Abu Haytham told him, from Abu Saeed Khudri, and he related it. Darraj Abu Samh is deemed daif in his narration from Abu Haytham, but Ibn Abu Asim narrated it in Sunnah (1487) through another route, from Waki, Ibrahim Abu Ishaq told us, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Saeed Khudri, as a raised report, in abbreviated form, with the wording, "Blessed is he who saw me and believed in me, and blessed is he who believed in me without having seen me." This is a good corroboration, except that Ibrahim Abu Ishaq is also daif.Among them also, from Anas bin Malik, as a raised report, "Blessed is he who believed in me and saw me once, and blessed is he who believed in me without having seen me," seven times. Imam Ahmad (12578) narrated it from Hashim bin Qasim, who said, Jisr told us, from Thabit, from Anas, and he related it. Jisr is Ibn Farqad Qassab Abu Jafar, a Basran. Bukhari said, "he is not much regarded among them." Ibn Main said, through several routes from him, "he is worthless." Nasai said, daif. Dhahabi gave his biography in Mizan (1/398). However, he has been corroborated, for Abu Yaala (3391) narrated it through the route of Abu Ubayda Haddad, from Muhtasib bin Abdul-Rahman, from Thabit, from Anas, and he related it. Muhtasib bin Abdul-Rahman Abu Aidh, of whom Ibn Adi said, "he narrates from Thabit hadiths that are not preserved," and among them is this mentioned hadith. See Mizan (3/442).Among them also, a man came to Ibn Umar and said, "O Abu Abdul-Rahman, did you look upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with these eyes of yours?" He said, "Yes." He said, "And did you speak to him with this tongue of yours?" He said, "Yes." He said, "And did you give him your pledge with these right hands of yours?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Blessed are you, O Abu Abdul-Rahman." He said, "Shall I not tell you of something I heard from him? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Blessed is he who saw me and believed in me, and blessed is he who did not see me and believed in me,'" three times.Abu Dawud Tayalisi narrated it in his Musnad (1956) from Talha, from Nafi, who said, a man came to Ibn Umar, and he related it. Ibn Abu Asim also narrated it in Sunnah (1529, edited by Basim) through the route of Talha bin Amr, in abbreviated form. Its isnad is very daif, for Talha bin Amr Hadrami is discarded as a narrator. Busiri said in his Ithaf, "They have agreed upon his weakness." Ibn Jawzi mentioned it in Ilal Mutanahiya (1/302) and said, "This is a hadith that is not sound as coming from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."On this topic there is also, from Abu Umama, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Blessed is he who saw me and believed in me, and blessed is he who believed in me without having seen me," seven times. Imam Ahmad (22138), Tabarani in Al-Kabir (8/310), and Abu Dawud Tayalisi (1228) narrated it, and Ibn Hibban (7233) graded it sahih, all of them through the route of Hammam, from Qatada, from Ayman, from Abu Umama, and he related it. Hammam is Ibn Yahya Awdhi. Ayman is Ibn Malik Ashari, as Ibn Hibban said, mentioning him in Thiqat (4/48), and the Hafiz gave his biography in Tajil and said, "Ibn Hibban deemed him reliable."On this topic there is also, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "Blessed is he who saw me and believed in me, and blessed, seven times, is he who believed in me without having seen me." Ibn Hibban narrated it in his Sahih (7232) through the route of Abu Amir Aqadi, Hammam bin Yahya told us, from Qatada, from Ayman, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it. Ibn Hibban said, "Ayman heard this report from both Abu Hurairah and Abu Umama together, and this Ayman is Ayman bin Malik Ashari."