and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad transmitted from his father, who said:

“Nāfiʿ ibn ʿUmar is dearer to me than ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn al-Ward; his reports are sounder, and among the trustworthy he is indeed trustworthy.”

Ibn Maʿīn and al-Nasāʾī both declared, “Trustworthy.”

Ibn Abī Ḥātim said: “I asked my father about him and he replied, ‘Trustworthy.’ I asked, ‘May his ḥadith be used as legal proof?’ He answered, ‘Yes.’”

Ibn Saʿd relates from Shihāb ibn ʿAbbād: “He died in Mecca in the year 169 AH. He was trustworthy, narrated little, yet there was something [criticized] about him.”

Ibn Ḥibbān said: “His mother was a slave-concubine. He died at Fakhkh (1) in the year nine,” i.e., 169 AH.

I read aloud to Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad—from Abū Rūḥ al-Harawī; who was informed by Tamīm al-Jurjānī; who was informed by Abū Saʿīd al-Kanjarūdhī; who was informed by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad; who was informed by Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī; Dawūd ibn ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī narrated to us; Nāfiʿ ibn ʿUmar al-Jumaḥī narrated from Ibn Abī Mulaykah, who said:

ʿĀʾishah declared, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away in my house, on my day, with his head between my chest and collarbone. Allah caused my saliva to mingle with his: Abū Bakr entered carrying a siwāk, but the Prophet ﷺ lacked the strength to use it, so I took it, chewed it, and then brushed his teeth with it.”

Al-Bukhārī recorded this report (2) through the route of Ibn Abī Maryam from Nāfiʿ, giving us a higher isnād in place of our own.

164 – ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Hāshimī
The crown prince, Abū Mūsā al-Hāshimī.