Azami 7896

Ahmad (23567) narrated it through Abdullah (that is, Ibn Mubarak), and Tabarani in Mujam al-Kabir (4/208–210) through Abdullah bin Yusuf, both of them from Abdullah bin Lahia, who said, Yazid bin Abu Habib told me that Aslam Abu Imran Tujaybi told him that he heard Abu Ayub Ansari say, then he related it. The wording given here is Ahmad's, and Tabarani's wording is more complete. Its chain is hasan, for although Abdullah bin Lahia had poor memory, this hadith was narrated from him by Abdullah bin Mubarak, and some scholars have graded Ibn Lahia's hadith hasan when it comes through the transmission of Ibn Mubarak. Ibn Kathir said, this is a hasan chain, in Bidaya wa Nihaya (5/90).As for Haythami's statement in Majma al-Zawaid (5/326), "Ahmad narrated it, and it contains Ibn Lahia, who has some weakness, and the correct view is that Abu Ayub did not witness Badr, and Allah knows best," this requires scrutiny. I say, most of the scholars have stated explicitly that he did witness Badr, among them Bukhari, Abu Hatim, Tabarani, Abu Naeem, and others. See Tarikh al-Kabir (3/136), Jarh wa Tadil (3/331), Mujam al-Kabir (4/138), and Marifat Sahaba (2/933–934). I have not seen anyone mention that he did not witness Badr, and Haythami himself, when he listed the names of those who fought at Badr in Majma al-Zawaid (6/95), included Abu Ayub among them. And when he cited this hadith of Abu Ayub in full in Majma (6/674), he said, "Tabarani narrated it, and its chain is hasan."As for what is reported from Abdul-Rahman bin Awf, who said, "The Prophet ﷺ arranged us in ranks at Badr by night," this is very daif. Tirmidhi (1677) narrated it from Muhammad bin Humayd Razi, who said, Salama bin Fadl told us, from Muhammad bin Ishaq, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, from Abdul-Rahman bin Awf, then he related it. Tirmidhi said, "This is a gharib hadith, we do not know it except through this route. I asked Muhammad bin Ismail about this hadith and he did not know it. Muhammad bin Ishaq heard from Ikrima, and when I saw him he held a good opinion of Muhammad bin Humayd Razi, but he later declared him daif."Muhammad bin Humayd is Ibn Hayan Tamimi, Abu Abdullah Razi. Bukhari said in Tarikh al-Kabir (1/69), "There is something questionable about him," and a group of scholars attributed lying to him, among them Abu Hatim, as mentioned in the Questions of Bardhai (p. 739). However, Ibn Main affirmed his reliability, and Ahmad used to praise him, so perhaps his objectionable narrations only became apparent later, since Ibn Main and Ahmad both died before him. Humayd lived a long life and continued narrating until he died in the year 248 AH, and Allah knows best.As for his word "abbaana" (arranged us), it is said, "abbat al-jaysh" and "abbaytuhum," meaning I arranged them in their places and prepared them for battle.