Bukhari 6585

Bukhari also related, from Ahmad bin Shabib, from his father, from Yunus, from Zuhri, from Saeed, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, "A group will come to me at the Pool, and I will say, my companions..." the rest of the hadith.And from Ahmad bin Salih, from Ibn Wahb, from Yunus, from Zuhri, from Saeed, from the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, without saying "from Abu Hurairah." He said, Yunus differed from a group of narrators, among them Mamar, who related it from Zuhri, from a man, from Abu Hurairah. Had it been from Ibn Musayab, Zuhri would not have related it from him in this way and would have stated it more explicitly. And Allah knows best.Shuayb and Aqeel related it from Zuhri, who said, Abu Hurairah used to relate it as a mursal narration. And Abdullah bin Salim said, from Zubaydi, from Zuhri, from Abu Jafar Muhammad bin Ali, from Ubaydullah bin Abu Rafi, from Abu Hurairah, so no one corroborated Yunus regarding Saeed.

Ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Bari, vol. 11, p. 474, "The gist of the disagreement is that Ibn Wahb and Shabib bin Saeed agreed in transmitting it from Yunus, from Ibn Shihab, from Saeed bin Musayab. They then differed, for Ibn Saeed said 'from Abu Hurairah,' while Ibn Wahb said 'from the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family.' This is not harmful, because Ibn Wahb's narration contains an addition beyond what Ibn Saeed's narration entails. As for the narrations of Aqeel and Shuayb, they differ only in some of the wording, while Zubaydi differs from all of them in the chain of transmission. This should be understood as meaning that Zuhri had it with two chains, for he was a master of memorization and a scholar of hadith. Zubaydi's narration indicates that Shabib bin Saeed remembered 'Abu Hurairah' in it correctly. Muslim disregarded all of these routes and instead transmitted, through the route of Muhammad bin Ziyad, from Abu Hurairah, who reported it as a saying of the Prophet, 'I will indeed drive men away from my basin just as stray camels are driven away.'"Ibn Hajar also said, in the introduction to Fath al-Bari, p. 380 of the printed edition, while discussing Mamar's narration to which Daraqutni referred, "I say, it is possible that forgetfulness befell Mamar in this. As for Zubaydi's narration, it represents another chain for the hadith. Bukhari has clarified the various points of disagreement in it, except for Mamar's route, which he did not take into account."

The Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him, refrained from responding to Daraqutni's statement that Shuayb and Uqayl both narrated it from Zuhri. He said that Abu Hurairah used to narrate it as a mursal report. What appears to be the case is that this variation regarding Zuhri does not harm the hadith, as was mentioned earlier from the Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him. An ambiguous narration is clarified by the explicit narration, and the ambiguity of the companion's identity in some of the routes does not cause harm. Moreover, another route has already clarified that he is Abu Hurairah, and the connected narration reveals the identity of the one omitted in the mursal narration. And Allah knows best.