Azami 953

Hakim narrated it (4/558–559) via Muhammad bin Hisham bin Malas Namari, from Marwan bin Muawiya Fazari, from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Asam, who said, Yazid bin Asam narrated to us, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it.Hakim said, "Sahih in isnad." Dhahabi said, "Sahih according to the criterion of Muslim." Its isnad is hasan, for Muhammad bin Hisham bin Malas Namari Dimashqi is not among the narrators of Muslim, nor indeed among the narrators found in Tahdhib, though he is truthful, as Ibn Abu Hatim said in Jarh wal-Tadil (8/116), and for this reason Hafiz graded it hasan in Fath al-Bari (11/368).As for Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Asam, he is among the narrators of Muslim, and Ibn Hajar said of him, "Acceptable," because no one but Ibn Hibban confirmed his reliability, listing him among the trustworthy narrators (7/142) and saying, "Marwan bin Muawiya Fazari narrated from him." Ibn Abu Hatim (5/321) added, "Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad." Dhahabi added in Kashif, "Ibn Uyayna and others."However, since none of the leading scholars mentioned confirming his reliability, he would be counted among the unknown narrators, except that Muslim's narration from him has given him added strength, and nothing objectionable has come in his hadith, so there is no harm in accepting his hadith as corroborating evidence.A note of caution, there occurred a distortion in the copy of Hakim, where it reads, "Amr bin Abdullah bin Asam." The correct reading is Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Asam, since there is no one by the name "Amr bin Abdullah bin Asam" found in the books of biographical narrators.On this subject there is also a report from Anas bin Malik, who said, the Messenger of Allah said, "How can I feel at ease when the keeper of the Trumpet has already placed it to his lips, bent his back, and is gazing toward the Throne, as though his eyes were two shining stars, never blinking, for fear that he might be commanded to blow before that."Khatib narrated it in his Tarikh (5/153), and Diya in Mukhtara (2567), both from the hadith of Ismail bin Ali bin Ismail Khatabi, who said, Ahmad bin Mansur bin Habib, Abu Bakr Marwazi Khatib, narrated to us, saying, Affan bin Muslim narrated to us, saying, Hammam narrated to us, from Qatada, from Anas, and he related it.Khatib brought it out in the biographical entry of Ahmad bin Mansur bin Habib and said, He narrated from Affan bin Muslim and Amr bin Ubayd Muktib. Hasan bin Muhammad bin Shuba Ansari and Ismail Khatabi narrated from him. He mentioned neither criticism nor endorsement of him, so he is counted among the unknown narrators.