Azami 8415

Abu Dawud Tayalisi (2577), Ahmad (10638), Ibn Hibban (6230), Tabarani in Awsat (2533), and Hakim (2/582), whose wording it is, all narrated it through chains going back to Hammam, from Qatada, from Nadr bin Anas, from Bashir bin Nuhayk, from Abu Hurairah, who related it. Hakim said, "This is a sahih hadith according to the standard of Bukhari, though the two of them did not include it."Ayyub was afflicted with a trial, and he bore it patiently, seeking reward from Allah, until his patience became proverbial, and Allah eventually relieved him of it and granted him a great reward. It has been narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ayyub, the prophet of Allah ﷺ, remained in his affliction for eighteen years, and everyone abandoned him, near and far, except two men among his brothers who were among his closest companions. They used to come to him morning and evening. One of them said to his companion, 'Do you know, by Allah, Ayyub has committed a sin that no one among all creation has ever committed.' His companion said to him, 'What is that?' He said, 'For eighteen years Allah has shown him no mercy by removing his affliction.' When he went to him, the man could not contain himself until he mentioned this to him. Ayyub said, 'I do not know what you are saying, except that Allah knows that I used to pass by two men disputing with each other, and when they mentioned Allah's name, I would go back to my house and make atonement on their behalf, hating that Allah's name be mentioned except rightfully.'"He said, "He used to go out to relieve himself, and when he finished, his wife would take him by the hand and lead him back. One day she was slow in coming to him, so Allah revealed to Ayyub, in his very place, "Strike the ground with your foot, here is a spring, cool to wash in and to drink" [Sad 38:42]. She had been delayed while searching for him, and word then reached her, so she came to him and found that Allah had removed his affliction, and he was in the best state he had ever been. When she saw him, she said, 'May Allah bless you, have you seen the afflicted prophet of Allah? By Allah, I have never seen anyone who resembled him more than you do, from when he was in good health.' He said, 'I am indeed he.'""He had two threshing floors, one for wheat and one for barley. So Allah sent two clouds. When one of them settled over the wheat threshing floor, it poured gold into it until it overflowed, and the other poured silver over the barley threshing floor until it overflowed."Tabari narrated it in his Tafsir (20/109), Bazzar (Kashf 2357), Ibn Hibban (2898), whose wording it is, and Hakim (2/581-582), all through the route of Nafi bin Yazid, from Aqeel, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas bin Malik, who related it. Hakim said, "Sahih according to the standard of the two Shaykhs, though they did not include it." Bazzar said, "We do not know of anyone who narrated it from Zuhri, from Anas, except Aqeel, nor from him except Nafi, though more than one narrator transmitted it from Nafi."I say, Nafi bin Yazid, despite being alone in narrating it this way, was also contradicted, for Yunus bin Yazid Ayli opposed him, narrating it from Aqeel, from Ibn Shihab, from the Prophet ﷺ as a report that stops at him without a chain reaching back further, without mentioning Anas. Tahawi recorded his version in Sharh Mushkil (4596), from Ibrahim bin Abu Dawud, who said, Naeem bin Hammad narrated to us, who said, Ibn Mubarak narrated to us, from Yunus bin Yazid, who related it.This is more likely correct than the narration of Nafi bin Yazid, for the narration of Yunus, coming through the route of Ibn Mubarak from him, is stronger. Ibn Kathir said in Bidaya wal-Nihaya (1/511), "This is very odd as a report traced back to the Prophet, and it seems more likely to be one that stops with the companion."Tabari said in his History (1/324-325), "When Ayyub died, he was ninety-three years old."