in ḥadith.
He also transmitted from Ḥuṣayn and Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl a number of reports for which he has no supporting narrations. Among them:
Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb told us; Muḥammad ibn Kathīr related to us; Sulaymān ibn Kathīr related to us; Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl related—from Zaynab bint Nubaīt, the wife of Anas ibn Mālik, from Ḍubāʿah bint al-Zubayr—that she came to the Prophet ﷺ and he instructed her to make a stipulation.
This same teaching is also reported from Ibn ʿAbbās, Jābir, and ʿĀʾishah (1) through sound chains.
I say: The isnād just mentioned, despite its rarity, is likewise acceptable. Sulaymān’s narrations are good; he is cited by the compilers of the Ṣaḥīḥ collections, though he is not a prolific transmitter.
He died in 163 AH.
92 – Muḥammad ibn Maṭarraf ibn Dāwūd, Abū Ghassān al-Madanī (ʿ)
The Imām, the ḥadith scholar, the authoritative proof, Abū Ghassān al-Madanī.
(1) The hadith of Dubaaʿa is recorded in al-Bayhaqi, Sunan, 5/222. Ibn Majah also transmits it (no. 2937) through Ibn Abi Shaybah, from Muhammad b. Fudayl and Wakiʿ, from Hisham b. ʿUrwa, from his father. It is likewise reported by al-Tayalisi in his Musnad and by al-Daraqutni in his Sunan, on the authority of ʿIkrima, from Ibn ʿAbbas, from Dubaaʿa.
The version of Ibn ʿAbbas is found in Abu Dawud (1776), Muslim (1208), al-Tirmidhi (941), al-Nasaʾi, 5/168, and Ibn Majah (2938).
The version of ʿAʾisha is cited by al-Bukhari, 9/144, and Muslim (1207) with the wording: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon Dubaaʿa bt. al-Zubayr and asked, ‘Were you intending to perform the pilgrimage?’ She replied, ‘By Allah, I feel unwell.’ He said, ‘Perform the pilgrimage, make a stipulation, and say: Allahumma mahilli haythu habastani (O God, my place of release is wherever You restrain me).’”
Meaning: She should enter the state of ihram for Hajj and, at that very moment, stipulate that she may terminate the ihram whenever necessity demands. The phrase “mahilli haythu habastani” means: “The spot on earth where I shall exit ihram is the place where I am prevented (from completing the rites),” i.e. the point at which illness incapacitates her.
The hadith of Jabir is also given by al-Bayhaqi, Sunan, 5/222.
Biographical sources on the relevant transmitters include: al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-kabir, 1/236; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-taʿdil, 8/100; al-Khatīb, Tarikh Baghdad, 3/295-297; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, s.v. 1272-1273; al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al-huffaz, 1/242; al-Safadi, al-Wafi bi-l-wafayat, 5/34; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, 9/461-462; al-Suyuti, Tabaqat al-huffaz, 102; Ibn ʿAbd al-Hadi, Khulasat tadhhib al-kamal, 359; Ibn al-ʿImad, Shadharat al-dhahab, 1/258.