Bukhari 953

Bukhari reported from Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahim, from Saeed bin Sulayman, from Hushaym, from Ubaydullah bin Abu Bakr, from Anas, that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, would not go out on the day of Eid al-Fitr until he had eaten some dates.He said, Ahmad bin Hanbal rejected this narration as coming from Hushaym via Ubaydullah bin Abu Bakr. He said, Hushaym actually related it from Ibn Ishaq, from Hafs bin Ubaydullah, from Anas. It was also said that Hushaym used to obscure its chain by attributing it to Abdullah bin Abu Bakr. Masaar, Muraja bin Raja, and Ali bin Asim also related it from Ubaydullah, but none of these versions is established as reliable.

Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him, said in the introduction to Fath al-Bari, after mentioning the statements of Daraqutni and Ahmad bin Hanbal, "He only found it strange because he did not recognize it from the hadith of Hushaym, for Hushaym used to narrate it this way in his earlier period, then afterward he came to narrate it only from Muhammad bin Ishaq. This is why only the senior among his companions heard it from him." He then said, "As for the narration of Muraja bin Rajaa, Bukhari cited it without a complete chain in the chapter, while Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ibn Khuzayma in his Sahih, and Ismaili gave it with a connected chain. I do not know what Daraqutni means by saying that none of it is established. Others besides those mentioned have also narrated it. Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, Ismaili in his Mustakhraj, and Hakim in his Mustadrak recorded it through the route of Utba bin Humayd, from Ubaydullah bin Abu Bakr, in similar fashion. However, the narration of Masaar does not have a sound chain going back to him, and Ali bin Asim is daif."