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1 187 Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi Waleed narrates it in that fashion.''1 As has been noted, they also narrate it in other ways and this narration through Malik is considered one of their mistakes. The third chain goes through Abdullah ibn Laheeah, who was a weak narrator. 2 In addition, he committed tadlees and this narration from him is in a vague form (using the word an, "on the authority of'). Ibn Abu Haatim asked his father, Abu Haatim al-Raazi, about the three chains depicted in Figure 39.1 . Ibn Abu Haatim wrote, My father said, "Those hadith are rejected," as if they were fabricated. And my father said, "Al-Auzaai did not hear that hadith from Ataa. Instead, he heard it from a man whom he did not name. It was possibly either Abdullah ibn Aamir or Ismaaeel ibn Muslim. That hadith is not authentic and its chain is not confirmed.3 The conclusion concerning this third wording is that it is not supported by any strong chains. However, there are other chains that have a very close meaning to it. The problem is with the word ൕJ or "removed".4 This does not seem to be the correct word in this particular hadith. ( 4) A fourth wording for this hadith is the following, ,,, ,,, צ ,,,, , ,,, ,,, l "' rJ' ¼ I ' Hadith #39: "Allah has pardoned . . . " It has been narrated from the Companions ibn Abbaas, ibn Umar, Thaubaan and Abu al-Dardaa. It has also been narrated in mursal form1 from al-Hasan al-Basri, as recorded by Abdul Razzaaq, ibn Abu Shaibah, Saeed ibn Mansoor and ibn al-Jauzi.2 lbn Abu Shaiba also records another mursal report from Ata.3 Figure 39.2 shows the different chains coming from the Companions other than ibn Abbaas. Figure 39.3 shows the different chains coming from ibn Abbaas. vol. 4, p. 145; al-Haakim, , vol. 2, p. 198; ibn Hibbaan in al-Faaris, vol. 1 6, p. 202; Ali al­ Daaraqutni, Sunan al-Daaraqutni (Beirut: Aalim al-Kitaab, 1983), vol. 4, pp. 1701 7 1 ; ibn Adi, vol. 3, p. 1 172. Ibn Muhammad (p. 216) notes that it is also narrated with the same chains by al­ Saidaawi in Mujam al-Shuyookh, ibn Hazm in al-lhkaam and ibn al-Mundhir in al-lqnaa. He (p. 217) also mentions another chain recorded by al-Tabaraani in Musnad al-Shaamiyeen but that chain contains a liar in it and it has been ignored for the purposes here. 1 Mursal here means that it is a report from a Follower on the authority of the Prophet (peace be upon him) without any mention of the name of the Companion who originally narrated that hadith. 2 See, respectively, Abdul Razzaaq ibn Harnmaam al-Sanaani, al-Musannaf (Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islaami, 1 983), vol. 6, pp. 409-410; Ibn Abu Shaiba, Al-Musannaf, vol. 4, p. 59; Saeed ibn Mansoor, Sunan Saeed ibn Mansoor (Beirut: Daar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 1985), vol. 1 , p. 287; Abdul Rahmaan ibn al-Jauzi, Al-Tahqeeq fl Ahaadeeth al-Khilaaf (Beirut: Daar al-Kutub al­ Ilmiyyah, 1994), vol. 2, p. 293. Some of the narrations mention the word j_,\_;.:i while others state, W:.. The meaning of both is virtually the same. It should also be noted that in al-Musannaf, the chain is stated as, "Hishaam on the authority ofHasaan on the authority of Hasan." However, that is probably just a typographical error as the correct chain is, "Hishaam son of Hasaan on the authority of Hasan." Allah knows best. 3 Ibn Abu Shaibah, vol. 4, p. 153. 1 189 ..... ..... ঋ !! cc c ... CD (,.) co N z O D> =r - D> -· -· 0 :::I :::I "' - ĕ o ĕ ... - - ... =r 0 CD 3 ::t: 0 D> - Q. =r -· CD - ... :i1' - =r :: D> )> :::I = -· D> C' =r :::I =r )> D> C' "' C' "C D> D> D> ... "' Q. :::I & - ... ' 5 Narrators al­ Daaraqutni Hadith #39: "Allah has pardoned . . . " ibn Bahr ibn Nadhr The Prophet (peace be upon him) Ubaid ibn Umair Ataa al-Auzaai Ayyub ibn Suwaid ibn Abbas Al-Ra bee Waseef ibn Abu alAbdullah Abbas ibn H ibbaan al-Haakim alTabaraani Figure 39.3 Chains for the Hadith, "Allah has pardoned for my Nation . . . " from ibn Abbaas The Chain from Thaubaan: The problem with this chain is Yazeed ibn Rabeeah. He is a completely rejected narrator according to al-Nasaai. Al­ Jauzijaani said that he feared that his hadith were fabrications.1 The Chain from ibn Umar: This chain was discussed earlier. There is widespread agreement that this hadith is not one of the hadith of Imam Malik. 1 See ibn Muhammad, p. 2 17. 1 191 Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi The mistake probably originated with ibn Musaffa who was known for confusing chains of hadith. The Chain from Abu al-Dardaa: This chain goes through Abu Bakr al-Hudhali.