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what you are saying? The reliable Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān! (1)
Al-Athram transmitted from Aḥmad, who said, “ʿAbd al-Wahhāb was well-versed in the narrations of Saʿīd.” (2)
Yaḥyā ibn Jaʿfar said, “It has reached us that he used to act as Saʿīd’s mustamlī (assistant reciter), and he was the person who wept the most.” (3)
Abū Ḥātim said, “His hadith is fit to be recorded.” (4)
Abū Zurʿah said, “He is sounder than ʿAlī ibn ʿĀṣim.” (5)
He related two reports from Thawr that are not actually his.
I say: One of them concerns al-ʿAbbās—‘O Allah, grant him successors through his children’ (6)—and al-Tirmidhī judged it to be hasan.
He died toward the end of the year 204 AH.
Al-Maymūnī reported from Aḥmad that he said, “His hadith is weak and inconsistent.”
(1) History of Baghdad, vol. 11, p. 23.
(2) History of Baghdad, vol. 11, p. 22.
(3) History of Baghdad, vol. 11, p. 22.
(4) Al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, vol. 6, p. 72.
(5) History of Baghdad, vol. 11, p. 24.
(6) Reported by al-Tirmidhi (no. 3762) in the Book of Virtues, chapter on the merits of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, through the isnad of Ibrahim ibn Saʿid al-Jawhari—ʿAbd al-Wahhab ibn ʿAtaʾ—Thawr ibn Yazid—Makhul—Kurayb (misprinted in some editions as Hudhayfa)—Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told al-Abbas: “When Monday morning comes, bring yourself and your children to me so that I may invoke a prayer for you by which Allah will benefit you and your offspring.” Al-Abbas complied, and we went with him. The Prophet wrapped us in a cloak and said: “O Allah, forgive al-Abbas and his children with an outward and inward forgiveness that leaves no sin. O Allah, preserve him through his progeny.”
The author of al-Mizan comments: Salih Jazrah said that people faulted al-Khiffaf only for transmitting Thawr’s hadith on the virtues of al-Abbas; they raised no other criticism against him. Ibn Maʿin used to say, “This report is fabricated.” It is therefore possible that al-Khiffaf practiced tadlis here, as he merely used the vague term “ʿan” (from) in the chain.
مَا تَقُوْلُ؟ الثِّقَةُ يَحْيَى القَطَّانُ (١) !
وَرَوَى: الأَثْرَمُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: كَانَ عَبْدُ الوَهَّابِ عَالِماً بِسَعِيْدٍ (٢) .
وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بنُ جَعْفَرٍ: بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مُسْتَمْلِي سَعِيْدٍ، وَكَانَ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ بُكَاءً (٣) .
وَقَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ: يُكْتَبُ حَدِيْثُهُ (٤) .
وَقَالَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ: هُوَ أَصلَحُ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بنِ عَاصِمٍ (٥) .
رَوَى عَنْ ثَوْرٍ حَدِيْثَيْنِ لَيْسَا مِنْ حَدِيْثِهِ.
قُلْتُ: أَحَدُهُمَا فِي العَبَّاسِ: (اللَّهُمَّ اخْلُفْهُ فِي وَلَدِهِ (٦)) ، حَسَّنَهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ.
تُوُفِّيَ: فِي آخِرِ سَنَةِ أَرْبَعٍ وَمائَتَيْنِ.
وَرَوَى: المَيْمُوْنِيُّ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: ضَعِيْفُ الحَدِيْثِ، مُضْطَرِبٌ.
(١) " تاريخ بغداد " ١١ / ٢٣.
(٢) " تاريخ بغداد " ١١ / ٢٢.
(٣) " تاريخ بغداد " ١١ / ٢٢.
(٤) " الجرح والتعديل " ٦ / ٧٢.
(٥) " تاريخ بغداد " ١١ / ٢٤.
(٦) أخرجه الترمذي (٣٧٦٢) في المناقب: باب مناقب العباس بن عبد المطلب من طريق إبراهيم بن سعيد الجوهري، عن عبد الوهاب بن عطاء، عن ثور بن يزيد، عن مكحول، عن كريب (تحرف في المطبوع إلى حذيفة) عن ابن عباس، قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: للعباس: " إذا كان غداة الاثنين فأتني أنت وولدك حتى أدعو لك بدعوة ينفعك الله بها وولدك " فغدا وغدونا معه، وألبسنا كساءا، ثم قال: " اللهم اغفر للعباس وولده مغفرة ظاهرة وباطنة لا تغادر ذنبا، اللهم احفظه في ولده ".
قال المؤلف في " الميزان ": قال صالح جزرة: أنكروا على الخفاف حديث ثور في فضل العباس ما أنكروا عليه غيره، وكان ابن معين يقول: هذا موضوع، فلعل الخفاف دلسه، فإنه بلفظة " عن ".