and he is the one who narrated it (1). Its chain of transmission also includes Sa'd ibn Aws, whose reliability is likewise disputed. Yahyā said: “He is a weak narrator from Basra.” Others said: “He is trustworthy.” Ibn Hibbān included him in al-Thiqāt (Trustworthy Narrators) (2).
As for the hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad and Ibn Mājah (3) from Maimūnah (4), the Prophet’s freedwoman, peace and blessings be upon him, who said that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about a man who kissed his wife while both were fasting, and replied, “Both have broken their fasts (5)”—this report is not authentically established from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Its chain includes Abū Yazīd (6) al-Dinnī (7), who narrated it from Maimūnah, the daughter of Sa'd. Al-Dāraqutnī said: “He is not known, and this report is not established.” Al-Bukhārī said: “I do not narrate this. This is an unacceptable hadith, and Abū Yazīd is an unknown narrator (8).”
Nor is any distinction between a young man and an old man authentically established from him, peace and blessings be upon him; it has not been transmitted through any reliable chain. The strongest report on this is the hadith narrated by Abū Dāwūd (9) from Nasr ibn 'Alī, from Abū Ahmad al-Zubayrī,