Bukhari 2996

Bukhari reported the hadith of Awwam bin Hawshab, from Ibrahim Saksaki, from Abu Burda, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, who said, "When the servant falls ill or travels, Allah records for him the like of what he used to do when healthy and at home."He said, No one narrated it as a connected hadith except Awwam, and Masaar contradicted him. Masaar narrated it from Ibrahim Saksaki, from Abu Burda, as his own statement, without mentioning Abu Musa or the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family.And Allah knows best.

Al-Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him, said in the introduction, volume 2, page 123, after mentioning Daraqutni's statement, I say, Masaar is more precise in memory than Awwam without doubt, but something like this is not said based on personal opinion, so it carries the status of a marfu report. In the account there is a story that indicates Awwam preserved it well, for it contains the detail that Yazid bin Abu Kabsha and Abu Burda traveled together on a journey, and Yazid used to fast while traveling. Abu Burda said to him, "Break your fast, for I heard Abu Musa say time and again," and he went on to relate it. Ahmad bin Hanbal said, when a hadith contains a story, that indicates its narrator preserved it well. And Allah knows best.Al-Hafiz said in Fath al-Bari, volume 6, page 477, the narration of Ibrahim Saksaki from Abu Burda has a corroborating report, which Tabarani related through the route of Saeed bin Abu Burda, from his father, from his grandfather, with the wording, "Allah records for the sick person the best of what he used to do in his health, for as long as he remains in his confinement," and so on to the end of the hadith.I say, Tabarani related in al-Saghir, volume 2, page 115, through the route of Masud bin Muhammad Ramli, who said, Muhammad bin Abu Sari Asqalani told us, who said, Rawwad bin Jarra told us, from Masaar, from Abu Burda, from his father, from his grandfather Abu Musa, with this wording. Rawwad is truthful but became confused in his later years and so was abandoned, and Muhammad bin Abu Sari is truthful but has many lapses, as stated in al-Taqrib.

I say, Abu Hisham is Muhammad bin Yazid bin Rifa, of whom the Hafiz said in Taqrib, "Lenient in hadith." So this route which the Hafiz pointed to in Fath al-Bari, from the path of Saeed bin Abu Burda, supports that the narration is from Awwam, who is Ibn Hawshab.Furthermore, this hadith has corroborating witnesses. Among them is the hadith of Abdullah bin Amr bin As in Adab al-Mufrad, page 176, and in Mustadrak, volume 1, page 348, where it was said to meet the criteria of the two Shaykhs, and Dhahabi confirmed this. Haythami said in Majma al-Zawaid, volume 10, page 303, "Ahmad, Bazzar, and Tabarani narrated it, and the men of Ahmad's narration are the men of the sahih."Among them also is the hadith of Anas in Musnad, volume 3, pages 148 and 238, and in Adab al-Mufrad, page 176. Haythami said in Majma, "Abu Yaala and Ahmad narrated it, and its men are trustworthy." End of quote.