Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (7/360)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

I say: he was pointing to the weakness of Ibn Muhājir and al-Qattāt.

Among the rarer narrations preserved by Isrāʾīl is what Aḥmad relates in his Musnad: “Abū Saʿīd narrated to us; Isrāʾīl narrated to us; Saʿīd ibn Masrūq narrated to us, from Saʿd ibn ʿUbaydah, from Ibn ʿUmar, from ʿUmar, who said, ‘No—by my father!’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) thereupon said, ‘Stop! Whoever swears by anything other than Allah has committed shirk.’ (1) All of its narrators are reliable.

Among his elevated chains is the following: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Qudāmah the jurist informed us; ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad informed us; Hibat Allāh ibn Muḥammad informed us; Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ghaylān narrated to us; Abū Bakr al-Shāfiʿī narrated to us; Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Danūqā narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿIjlī narrated to us; Isrāʾīl narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd, from Ibn Masʿūd, who said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had me recite: ‘Indeed, it is I who provide—possessor of strength, the Firm.’ (2)” This ḥadīth is singular (gharīb).

Abū Nuʿaym al-Mulāʾī and Qaʿnab ibn al-Muḥarrar said that Isrāʾīl died in the year 160 AH.

Ibn Saʿd and Shabbab (3) al-ʿUṣfūrī said that he died in the year 162 AH.

(1) It appears in the Musnad, 1/47. It is also narrated by Abu Dawud, no. 3251, in the Book of Faith and Vows, chapter “Disapproval of swearing by one’s forefathers”; by al-Tirmidhi, no. 1535, through the chain of Ibn Umar, in the Book of Vows and Oaths, chapter “What has been reported concerning the disapproval of swearing by anything other than Allah,” who graded it hasan. Ahmad likewise recorded it, nos. 4904 and 5375. Ibn Hibban, no. 1177, and al-Hakim, 1/18 and 4/297, declared it sahih, and al-Dhahabi concurred. (2) Ahmad also transmitted it, 1/394, 397, 418, through various routes from Israil, from Abu Ishaq, from Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid, from Abd Allah b. Masud; this chain is strong. Abu Dawud, no. 3993, and al-Tirmidhi, no. 2941, likewise recorded it, and the latter said: “hasan sahih.” The variant Qurʾanic reading cited in the report is irregular (shadh) because it is at variance with the written consonantal text; the reading accepted by the majority is “inna Allah huwa al-Razzaq dhu al-quwwati al-Matin” (Indeed, God is the Provider, Possessor of Power, the Firm – Surah adh-Dhariyat 51:58). (3) The manuscript has “Shayban,” which is a scribal error; the correct form is what we have adopted. See Tabaqat Khalifah, p. 168.

قُلْتُ: يُشِيْرُ إِلَى لِيْنِ ابْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ، وَالقَتَّاتِ. وَمِنْ غَرَائِبِ إِسْرَائِيْلَ: رَوَى أَحْمَدُ فِي (مُسْنَدِهِ) ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيْلُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيْدُ بنُ مَسْرُوْقٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: عَنْ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لاَ وَأَبِي. فَقَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (مَهْ، إِنَّهُ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِشَيْءٍ دُوْنَ اللهِ، فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ (١)) . رُوَاتُهُ ثِقَاتٌ. وَمْن عَوَالِيْهِ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بنُ قُدَامَةَ الفَقِيْهُ، أَنْبَأَنَا عُمَرُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا هِبَةُ اللهِ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيْمُ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيْمِ بنِ دَنُوْقَا، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ صَالِحٍ العِجْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيْلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بنِ يَزِيْدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُوْدٍ، قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (إِنِّيْ أَنَا الرَّزَّاقُ ذُوْ القُوَّةِ المَتِيْنُ (٢)) . وَهَذَا حَدِيْثٌ غَرِيْبٌ. قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ المُلاَئِيُّ، وَقَعْنَبُ بنُ المُحَرَّرِ: مَاتَ إِسْرَائِيْلُ سَنَةَ سِتِّيْنَ وَمائَةٍ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ، وَشَبَابٌ (٣) العُصْفُرِيُّ: مَاتَ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسِتِّيْنَ وَمائَةٍ.

(١) هو في " المسند ": ١ / ٤٧. وأخرجه أبو داود: (٣٢٥١) ، في الايمان والنذور: باب كراهية الحلف بالآباء وأخرجه - من حديث ابن عمر - الترمذي: (١٥٣٥) ، في الندر والايمان: باب ما جاء في كراهية الحلف بغير الله، وحسنه. وأحمد: (٤٩٠٤) ، و (٥٣٧٥) . وصححه ابن حبان: (١١٧٧) ، والحاكم: ١ / ١٨، و: ٤ / ٢٩٧، وأقره الذهبي المؤلف. (٢) وأخرجه أحمد: ١ / ٣٩٤، ٣٩٧، ٤١٨، من طرق عن إسرائيل، عن أبي إسحاق، عن عبد الرحمن بن يزيد، عن عبد الله بن مسعود، وهذا سند قوي، وأخرجه أبو داود: (٣٩٩٣) ، والترمذي: (٢٩٤١) ، وقال: حسن صحيح. وهذه القراءة شاذة لمخالفتها رسم المصحف، وقراءة الجمهور: (إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين) [الذاريات: ٥٨] . (٣) في الأصل: " شيبان "، وهو تصحيف، صوابه ما أثبتناه. انظر: " طبقات خليفة ": ١٦٨.