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In fact, some people accused him [of forging hadith]."3 Maroof wrote about Nuaim, while commenting on ibn Hajr's raising him to the level of sadooq (honest), "Strengthening his rank and considering his hadith hasan is very questionable since he had been accused of forging lies and some hadith to support his views (madhab)."4 Maroof and al-Arnaoot, in their critical edition of ibn Hajr's Taqreeb, disagreed with ibn Hajr's classification of, "Honest, [but] he makes lots of mistakes." They wrote, 1 This is all al-Nasaai said about him in his work, al-Dhuafaa wa al-Matrukoon in Abdul Aziz al­ Seeruwaan, p. 226 2 lbn Rajab, Jaami, vol. 2, p. 394. 3 Al-Albaani, footnotes to ibn al-Aasim, vol. 1 , p. 1 2. 4 Bashaar Maroof, footnotes to al-Mizi, vol. 29, p. 48 1 . Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi In fact, [he is] weak. More than one of the leading scholars [a'immah] considered him weak. However, others considered his case strong and praised him due to his strong support of the sunnah and his harshness in attacking its enemies, as well as for his unyielding position during the inquisition [related to the question of whether the Quran was created] until he died in chains while in prison, may Allah have mercy on him. Al­ Bukhari recorded from him only in conjunction with other narrators.1 The conclusion concerning Nuaim is that he was a weak narrator due to his numerous mistakes. In particular, he was known to transmit many narrations that no one else had narrated. His strong adherence to the sunnah and his great opposition for those whom he felt were against the sunnah and his own views (and those opponents included Abu Hanifah and his student Muhammad ibn al-Hasan) make him suspect when it comes to him being the only one who narrated the hadith, "None of you truly believes until his desires are subservient to what I have brought.". In addition, Ibn Rajab points out some other problems with this chain beyond the existence ofNuaim. He wrote, Another problem with the report is that the report has been narrated through Nuaim with different chains. It is narrated from him on the authority of al-Thaqafi on the authority of Hishaam. It is also narrated from him from al-Thaqafi from one of the teachers of Hishaam or from others. In that narration, the one from whom al-Thaqafi received it from is not specified. It is also narrated on his authority from al­ Thaqafi who said, "One of our teachers narrated to us [saying]: Hishaam or someone else narrated to us." In that narration, al­ Thaqafi narrated it from an unknown source and his source narrated it from an unspecified source. Hence, the [number of] unknown narrators is increased. Yet another problem with the report is that in its chain is Uqbah ibn Aus al-Sadoosi al-Basri. He is also called Yaqoob ibn Aus. Abu Dawood, al-Nasaai and ibn Maajah narrated one hadith on his authority from Abdullah ibn Amr. It is also stated [in other narrations] that it was Abdullah ibn Umar [instead]. Hence, there is some confusion in that chain. Al-Ajali, ibn Saad and ibn Hibbaan considered him [Uqbah] trustworthy. Ibn Khuzaima said, "Ibn Sireen, with his status and place, narrated on his authority." Ibn Abdul Barr said, "He is an unknown (majhool) narrator." Al-Ghulaabi said in his Tareekh, "They claim that he did not hear directly from 1 Maroofand al-Amaoot, vol. 4, p. 2 1 . Hadith #41 : "None of You Truly Believes Until. .. " Abdullah ibn Amr. He would only say, 'Abdullah ibn Amr said.' 1" Based on that, his narrations from Abdullah ibn Amr have a broken chain.2 Therefore, this hadith has been declared weak by the following note scholars of hadith: ibn Asaakir,3 ibn Rajab, al-Albaani,4 al-Arnaoot5, al­ Hilaali6, ibn Muhammad7 and al-Ahdab.8 Allah knows best. 9 General Comments About the Hadith Although this is a weak hadith, there is nothing wrong, as such, with its meaning. Indeed, the meaning it expresses may be proven through numerous other authentic pieces of evidence. For example, Allah says in the Quran, ,,, J ,,,. ,,,. ,,,. ,,,, ,,,. ,,,. ̥ 0Ɛ 0t 1:;.r };j ;.,.1j Zi1 ࢘ 1OV k dj Ѣ ots" cj ,,,. ,,,. ,,, ,.,,, Ji / ",,., Iख़-:- ॒ H :1 a/! ࣘž ;.,.JJ Ŷ\ : 9J ;;i 0-: ZaI / / "It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error" (al-Ahzaab 36). In another verse, Allah says, 1 When a person says, "Abdullah ibn Amr said," it does not necessarily imply that he heard the narration directly from Abdullah.