Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Hāshimī and the ḥadīth master Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad related to us; they said:
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar related to us; Abū’l-Waqt al-Sijzī related to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAfīf related to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Shurayḥ narrated to us; Abū’l-Qāsim al-Baghawī narrated to us; Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī narrated to us; Abū Dāwūd—namely, al-Ṭayālisī—(heard it) from Shuʿbah, who said:
“Ayyūb used to walk to the mosque of Banū Ḍubayʿah seeking out ḥadīth. One day Ayyūb narrated the report of Qays ibn Muslim, from Ṭāriq ibn Shihāb (1), about a woman who wished to perform Hajj. Ayyūb then said, ‘Bring me a chain of transmission like this one!’”
Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq narrated to us; al-Fath ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ṭarāʾifī, and Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī informed us; they said:
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad related to us; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us; Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad related to us; Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Marḥūm ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Dīnār, who said:
“I read in the Zabūr (Psalms): ‘By the arrogance of the hypocrite the poor man is consumed.’”
He added, “And I read in …”
(1) Tariq b. Shihab b. Abd Shams b. Salama b. Hilal b. Awf b. Jashm al-Bajali al-Ahmasi. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar notes in al-Isaba 2/220: “He saw the Prophet—peace be upon him—while already an adult; some say, however, that he never heard anything from him.” Abu Hatim, as quoted by his son in al-Marasil, p. 98, writes: “Tariq b. Shihab had a vision (ruya) of the Prophet but did not enjoy full companionship (suhba); the hadith he relates from the Prophet is therefore mursal.” His son objected: “Yet you included him in Musnad al-Wahdan!” Abu Hatim replied, “I listed him among the Wahdan only because it is reported that he saw the Prophet.” Ibn Hajar reproduces this dialogue and adds: “If it is established that he met the Prophet, the stronger opinion is that he is a Companion (sahabi). If it is established that he did not hear directly from the Prophet, then his report is a Companion’s mursal transmission, which in the preferred view is acceptable.” Al-Nasaʾi recorded several hadith from him, thus treating him as a Companion, whereas Abu Dawud cited a single hadith (no. 1067) and commented: “Tariq saw the Prophet but heard nothing from him.”
Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrates in his Musnad 2/146: “Shuʿba related to us, from Qays b. Muslim, from Tariq b. Shihab, who said: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah—peace be upon him—and I campaigned during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, both in detachments and other expeditions.’ ” The isnad is sound.
He also transmits, through Shuʿba from Mukhariq: “I heard Tariq b. Shihab say: ‘When the delegation of Bajila came to the Prophet, he said, ‘Let the Ahmasiyyun begin,’ and he prayed for us.’ ” This chain is likewise sound.
Tariq’s reports from other Companions are found in the six canonical collections, including narrations from each of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs.