Thawr—in Sunan Abū Dāwūd—reports from Rāshid, from Thawbān, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched a detachment; they were struck by bitter cold, so he instructed them to wipe over their turbans and over their thick foot-wraps (1).”
Its chain of transmission is strong.
Al-Ḥākim also included it and said, “It meets the conditions of Muslim,” but he was mistaken, for the two Shaykhs did not rely on Rāshid, nor is Thawr among those who satisfy Muslim’s criteria.
190 – Khilās ibn ʿAmr al-Hajarī * (ʿ)
A Basran, trustworthy; the Ṣaḥīḥ compilations contain his reports.
He narrated from ʿAlī, ʿAmmār, ʿĀʾishah, and Abū Hurayrah.
Among those who transmitted from him are Qatādah, ʿAwf, Dāwūd ibn Abī Hind, and others.
He was declared reliable by Aḥmad and other authorities.
His narration from ʿAlī comes solely from a written copy that reached him, and Aḥmad said, “He did not hear from Abū Hurayrah.”
191 – Abū Asmāʾ al-Rahabī al-Dimashqī ** (M, 4)
Al-Rahbah is a flourishing village on the outskirts of Damascus (2).
The ḥadith scholar Abū Sulaymān ibn Zabr said, “I saw Rahbat Dimashq thriving; there is one mile between it and the city.”
(1) Abu Dawud transmitted the report (no. 146) in the Book of Purification, chapter “Wiping over the turban.” Al-Hakim declared it sound (1/169) and the present author concurs; its chain is authentic. Ahmad’s reservation—arguing that Rashid ibn Saad never heard from Thawban—is debatable, for the scholars note that Rashid fought at Siffin with Muawiya, while Thawban died in 54 AH and Rashid in 108 AH. The term al-tasakhin denotes leather socks (khuff) and, by extension, anything that warms the feet, such as woollen stockings.
(*) Ibn Saad, Tabaqat, 7/149; Akhbar al-Qudat, 2/383; al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-Asma wa-l-Lughat, vol. 1, part 1, p. 177; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 383; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 3/364; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 1/203a; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 3/176; Ibn Hajar, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, p. 108.
(* *) Khalifa, Tabaqat, no. 2886; al-Bukhari, Tarikh, 9/5; Ibn Asakir, Tarikh, 13/302a; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 1580; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 4/71; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 3/109a; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 8/99; Ibn Hajar, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, p. 293.
(2) A reader might assume that Abu Asma is named after this village, whereas the correct explanation is what the author states in …