- “He was standing in prayer in his house when a man came and peered into it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, took an arrow from his quiver and aimed it at the man’s eyes until he went away.”
Al-Bukhari narrated it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (1069), as did Ahmad (3/191) and Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi in Hadith Hudbah (no. 80), through Hammad ibn Salamah, who informed us from Ishaq ibn Abd Allah ibn Talhah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was ...
I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic according to Muslim’s criteria. Al-Bukhari also narrated it in the Book of Blood Money, as did Ahmad (3/125/178), through Humayd, from Anas, in a similar but abridged form. Ahmad’s version—which has a three-narrator chain—contains the words: “Then the man put his head out.” Muslim (6/181) and others also narrated it through another route from Anas, in a similar form. However, neither Muslim nor al-Bukhari mentions the prayer, contrary to what is suggested by the remarks of its annotator, Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi, and likewise by those of its distinguished commentator.
- “A believer should not humiliate himself.” They asked, “How does he humiliate himself?” He replied, “By exposing himself to an affliction that he cannot bear.”
Al-Tirmidhi (2/41, Bulaq edition), Ibn Majah (4016), and Ahmad (5/405) narrated it, attributed to the Prophet, through Ali ibn Zayd, from al-Hasan, from Jundub, from Hudhayfah. Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, singular hadith.”
I say: Ali ibn Zayd is Ibn Judan, and he is weak. Al-Hasan is al-Basri; he practised tadlis and narrated it using the ambiguous “from” formula. Ibn Abi Hatim stated in al-Ilal (2/138), quoting his father: