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The case would be different had he said, for example, "I heard Abdullah say," or "Abdullah narrated to me." If Uqbah always said only, "Abdullah ibn Amr said," it may be taken as a sign that he did not hear such hadith directly from Abdullah ibn Amr but through some intermediate, unnamed source. 2 lbn Rajah, Jaami, vol. 2, pp. 394-395. 3 As quoted in al-Albaani, footnotes to ibn al-Aasim, vol. 1 , p. 13. 4 Al-Albaani, footnotes to ibn al-Aasim, vol. 1, p. 12. 5 See his footnotes to al-Hussain al-Baghawi, Sharh Sunnah (Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islaami, 1983), vol. l , p. 21 3. 6 Al-Hilaali, Eeqaadh, p. 552. 7 Ibn Muhammad, pp. 224-225. 8 Al-Ahdab, vol. 4, pp. 1 68-172. 9 In a phone conversation with Dr. al-Houcine Chouat (August 1 998), Dr. Chouat indicated to this author that this hadith has supporting evidence in a work by al-Daaraqutni. He stated that this supporting evidence would raise this hadith to the level of hasan. Unfortunately, by the publication date of this book, Dr. Chouat, due to his numerous commitments, had not the opportunity to furnish this author with the particulars to confirm his statement. Furthermore, this author could not find any author who has made a statement similar to Dr. Chouat's claim. This author has to make a conclusion based on the evidence available to him. Therefore, at this time, the conclusion is that the hadith is weak unless evidence is provided that shows otherwise. Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi "But no, by your Lord, they have no faith until they make you [O Muhammad] judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions and they submit to them with a full submission." (al­ Nisaa 65). Another verse states, ..,, (.. ,., 0 ;;;:; ,,, .6,., .... ,,.. :&1 _1;1. :&1 I :IJ; ࢗ ॏ);); .11 i;' ' <> ; i } :u; '] i ;I; .; .JI I :T.৬ '-' J - , ,,., '-5 - o:-! 'Y y-4 Ȓ u. dz . .... .... .... .... ;;;:; ..,, .... , Ǯ 0 ;;;:; ,.,,, '-' "' · I I ,; ... / ; ·" ;· " ; ·;" I r} ;. ";- '' I ;I; JJ I 1 :T. ! }"J#  ; ् ; 'J-'P ୟ.r' ("""'"'--' ୠ yu .r :i .r-4 Ȓ u.; dz - ॎ r::- ୞ "O you who believe, do not put [yourselves] before Allah and His Messenger but fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing. 0 you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet..." (al-Hujuraat 1-2). In addition, Allah has censured those who dislike anything that Allah loves or who love what Allah dislikes. For example, Allah has said, " } ;I ; » •I I ; » h }-;,JI J;.'1 1; 01 } ""WI), whose meaning is 1 Ibn Taimiya, Majmuaat, vol. 7, part 13, pp. 39-42. Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi disobedient or rebellious. Due to the dislike of having names with bad meanings to them, the Prophet (peace be upon him) himself changed it to Abdullah. Abdullah was among the few people who knew who to read and write in the pre-Islamic days. He received permission from the Prophet (peace be upon him) to record everything that he heard from the Prophet (peace be upon him). In fact, Abu Huraira once noted that the only one who could have more hadith than him was Abdullah, because Abdullah used to record the hadith while Abu Huraira did not. He also used to fast often and pray during the nights. His father complained to the Prophet (peace be upon him) about how much Abdullah was devoted to such acts of worship. Therefore the Prophet (peace be upon him) had to advise Abdullah, "Your soul has a right over you; your wife has a right over you ... " Near the end of his life, he became blind and weak, and he came to regret that he had not heeded the Prophet's advice to greatly lessen his acts of worship. He participated in several battles of the Prophet (peace be upon him). He also participated in a number of the battles after the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him), such as the Battle ofYarmook. During the Battle of Sifeen, he was with Muawiya against Ali. However, afterwards, he felt very sorry for having participated in such a campaign and continually asked Allah to forgive him. He lived with his father in Egypt after the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him). After his father died, Abdullah moved to Greater Syria and then back to Makkah. He died in the year 65 A.H. at the age of 72. In the books of hadith, over 700 hadith have been recorded on Abdullah's authority. "We have narrated it in the book, al-Hujjah ... " This is a reference to the book al-Hujjah ala Taarik al-Muhijjah by Abu al-Fath Nasr ibn lbraaheem al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'ee.