Azami 8395

Bazzar (8790) narrated it, and Tabarani in al-Awsat (6539), both through routes from Nadr bin Shumayl, another chain, Hammad bin Salama narrated to us, from Simak, from Ikrima, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it.Bazzar (8789) also narrated it through another route from Yazid bin Harun, who said, Hammad bin Salama informed us, from Simak, from Ikrima, from Abu Hurairah. He then added, "We do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith from Hammad bin Salama with a connected chain except Yazid bin Harun and Nadr bin Shumayl, while others narrate it as stopped at the companion."Tabarani said, "No one narrated this hadith from Simak except Hammad bin Salama, and no one narrated it from Hammad except Nadr bin Shumayl and Yazid bin Harun."Ibn Kathir said, commenting on Bazzar's statement mentioned above, "I say, were it not for this flaw, it would meet the criteria of sahih, yet they did not include it." Bidaya wan-Nihaya (1/399).I say, Nadr bin Shumayl and Yazid bin Harun are both reliable, so it does no harm that some narrated it as stopped at the companion, since a stopped narration of this kind reverts to being counted as raised to the Prophet, because it concerns matters of the unseen. As for Ibn Kathir's statement in Bidaya wan-Nihaya (1/399), following Bazzar's remark, that were it not for this flaw it would meet the criteria of sahih, yet they did not include it, I say this flaw is not actually damaging, except that the hadith is hasan because of the discussion surrounding Simak bin Harb's transmission from Ikrima.