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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Ḥajjār informed us; Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir informed us; Saʿīd ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Bannā (1) reported to us (ḥ).

Aḥmad ibn al-Muʾayyad also informed us; al-Ḥasan ibn Isḥāq informed us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Zāghūnī related to us; and I read it to ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim in the year 93 AH, from Abū al-Yaman al-Kindī—by authorisation in the year 608 AH—while Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muhtadī Billāh informed us. They said:

Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Zaynabī informed us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Warrāq informed us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān narrated to us; ʿĪsā ibn Ḥammād reported to us; al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr, who said:

“I once saw Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl standing with his back against the Kaʿbah, proclaiming, ‘People of Quraysh! By Allah, not one of you is upon the religion of Abraham except me.’

He also rescued infant girls destined for burial alive. Whenever a man intended to kill his daughter he would say, ‘Wait—do not kill her; I will provide for her.’ He would then take the child, and when she had grown up he would say to her father, ‘If you wish, I will return her to you; and if you wish, I will go on supporting her.’ (2)

This is a sound (ṣaḥīḥ), singular report; al-Layth alone transmitted it, and he received it from Hishām only by written correspondence.

Al-Bukhārī cited it in his Ṣaḥīḥ (3) in suspended form, saying: ‘Al-Layth stated, “Hishām wrote to me,” and then mentioned it.’

Ibn Isḥāq likewise heard the report directly from Hishām,

(1) The word “bin” is missing from the printed edition. (2) The printed text omits the passage running from the phrase “fa-yakhudhuha” (“he then takes it”) up to this point. (3) Hadith no. 3828 appears in the section on Virtues (manaqib), under the heading “The hadith of Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl.” Al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, 3/440, transmits it, declares it sound, and is followed in this verdict by al-Dhahabi; Ibn Saad also records it (3/1/277). Al-Haythami cites it in Majmaʿ al-zawaʾid, 9/418, attributes it to al-Tabarani, and judges its chain to be good. Al-Tabarani’s version contains additional material not found in al-Bukhari’s or al-Hakim’s reports. Ibn Hisham relates it as well (1/225) through the isnad: Ibn Ishaq – “Hisham ibn Urwa told me, from his father, from Asma,” a strong chain of transmission.

أَخْبَرَنَا يُوْسُفُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ بنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الحَجَّارُ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُوْسَى بنُ عَبْدِ القَادِرِ، أَنْبَأَنَا سَعِيْدُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ بنِ (١) البَنَّا (ح) . وَأَنْبَأَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ المُؤَيَّدِ، أَنْبَأَنَا الحَسَنُ بنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بنِ الزَّاغُوْنِيِّ، وَقَرَأْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بنِ عَبْدِ المُنْعِمِ فِي سَنَةِ ثَلاَثٍ وَتِسْعِيْنَ، عَنْ أَبِي اليُمْنِ الكِنْدِيِّ إِجَازَةً فِي سَنَةِ ثَمَانٍ وَسِتِّ مَائَةٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو الفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ المُهْتَدِي بِاللهِ قَالُوا: أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّيْنَبِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عُمَرَ الوَرَّاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ سُلَيْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيْسَى بنُ حَمَّادٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَتْ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ زَيْدَ بنَ عَمْرِو بنِ نُفَيْلٍ قَائِماً، مُسْنِداً ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الكَعْبَةِ، يَقُوْلُ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ! وَاللهِ مَا فِيْكُمْ أَحَدٌ عَلَى دِيْنِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ غَيْرِيْ. وَكَانَ يُحْيِي المَوْؤُوْدَةَ، يَقُوْلُ لِلرَّجُلِ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ ابْنَتَهُ: مَهْ، لاَ تَقْتُلْهَا، أَنَا أَكْفِيْكَ مُؤْنَتَهَا، فَيَأْخُذُهَا، فَإِذَا تَرَعْرَعَتْ قَالَ لأَبِيْهَا: إِنْ شِئْتَ دَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْكَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ كَفَيْتُكَ مُؤْنَتَهَا (٢) . هَذَا حَدِيْثٌ صَحِيْحٌ غَرِيْبٌ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ: اللَّيْثُ، وَإِنَّمَا يَرْوِيْهِ عَنْ هِشَامٍ كِتَابَةً. وَقَدْ عَلَّقَهُ البُخَارِيُّ فِي (صَحِيْحِهِ (٣)) فَقَالَ: وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ هِشَامٌ، فَذَكَرَهُ. وَقَدْ سَمِعَهُ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ مِنْ هِشَامٍ،

(١) سقطت " بن " من المطبوع. (٢) سقط من المطبوع من قوله فيأخذها إلى هنا. (٣) (٣٨٢٨) في المناقب: باب حديث زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل. ووصله الحاكم ٣ / ٤٤٠ وصححه ووافقه الذهبي، وابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ٢٧٧. وذكره الهيثمي في " المجمع " ٩ / ٤١٨، ونسبه إلى الطبراني وقال: يحسن إسناده. وعنده زيادة ليست عند البخاري والحاكم، وأخرجه ابن هشام ١ / ٢٢٥ من طريق: إبن إسحاق، حدثني هشام بن عروة، عن أبيه عن أسماء، وهذا سند قوي.