Bukhari 1347

Bukhari reported the hadith of Layth, from Zuhri, from Abdul-Rahman bin Kaab, from Jabir, that he used to combine the slain of Uhud in one grave, giving precedence to whoever among them knew the most Quran.He said, Ibn Mubarak narrated it from Uzai, from Zuhri, as a mursal narration from Jabir. Sulayman bin Kathir said, from Zuhri, "Someone who heard Jabir told me." And Maamar said, from Zuhri, from Ibn Abu Sughayrah, from Jabir, and it is inconsistent.

Al-Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him, said in the introduction to Fath al-Bari, page 355, after mentioning Daraqutni's statement, "Daraqutni made an absolute claim regarding this hadith that it is mudtarib (confused in its transmission), even though it is possible to rule out the presence of idtirab in it. This can be done by explaining the unspecified person in Sulayman's narration through the named person in Layth's narration, and by understanding Mamar's narration as meaning that Zuhri heard it from two different teachers. As for the mursal narration of Uzai, he fell short in it by omitting the intermediary link. This is the approach of those who deny that idtirab exists in it.Bukhari mentioned the difference of opinion regarding it, but he only included Uzai's narration despite its being disconnected, because in his view the hadith comes from Abdullah, from Layth and Uzai together, both from Zuhri. Uzai omitted Abdul-Rahman bin Kaab, while Layth included him. Both of them are equal in their transmission from Zuhri, since both explicitly stated that they heard it directly from him. So the addition made by Layth was accepted because of his reliability."He then said, "Sulayman bin Kathir narrated it from Zuhri, from someone who heard it from Jabir." By this he meant to establish, in a general sense, that there was an intermediary between Zuhri and Jabir in this hadith, and to reinforce Layth's narration through this. He did not consider this to be a flaw requiring a judgment of idtirab.