al-Hākim as well. Regarding this ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, Ibn Numayr said: “He is a liar.” Yahyā said: “He is worthless as a narrator—a malicious liar who fabricates hadiths.” Al-Bukhārī, al-Nasā’ī, and al-Dāraqutnī said: “He is abandoned as a narrator” (1).

The same applies to the hadith transmitted by al-Nahhās ibn Qahm, from Shaddād, from Abū Hurayrah, and traced back to the Prophet: “Whoever regularly offers two rak‘ahs of the midmorning prayer will have his sins forgiven, even if they exceed the foam of the sea.” Regarding this al-Nahhās, Yahyā said: “He is worthless as a narrator and weak. He used to transmit rejected reports from ‘Atā’, from Ibn ‘Abbās.” Al-Nasā’ī said: “He is weak.” Ibn ‘Adī said: “He is of no worth as a narrator.” Ibn Hibbān said: “He used to transmit rejected reports from well-known narrators and contradict trustworthy narrators. His reports may not be relied upon as evidence.” Al-Dāraqutnī said: “His hadiths are inconsistent; Yahyā al-Qattān abandoned him” (2).

As for the previously mentioned hadith transmitted by Humayd ibn Sakhr, from al-Maqburī, from Abū Hurayrah, beginning, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched an expedition…”: al-Nasā’ī and Yahyā ibn Ma‘īn declared this Humayd weak, while others deemed him trustworthy. Some of his hadiths were rejected, and he is among those whose reports are not