I add: this chain is weak, exactly as al-Ḥāfiẓ declared in Fatḥ al-Bārī and as his teacher al-Haythamī affirmed in Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid. The additional wording itself is reliably established through another transmission that will be cited—apart from the phrase “and radishes,” for that occurs only in this single route.
Ibn Mājah also recorded the ḥadīth through ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nimrān al-Ḥajarī, from Abū al-Zubayr, with the wording: A group of men came to the Prophet ﷺ and he noticed the smell of leeks on them. He said, “Did I not forbid you to eat this tree? The angels are offended by whatever offends human beings.”
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nimrān is classed as unknown, as stated in al-Taqrīb. Nevertheless, he is supported by Ḥammād ibn Salamah, who said: “Abū al-Zubayr narrated to us …” in a fuller version; Aḥmad recorded it.
- Ibn Jurayj said: “ʿAṭāʾ informed me from him.” The first supplementary clause appears in Muslim and al-Nasāʾī; both preserve this chain and the alternative wording. Al-Tirmidhī also transmitted it and declared it sound through the route of Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd from him (1). Muslim’s version says: “garlic,” and on another occasion: “onions, garlic, and leeks.” Al-Ḥāfiẓ said: