Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (2/254)

Silsilat al-Ahadith al-SahihahNasir al-Din al-Albani

Al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (1/13/1), and al-Diyā al-Maqdisī transmitted it from him in al-Mukhtārah (1/285). Its chain of transmission is weak, as I have explained in the other book (1537).

Yet it has a supporting narration with the wording: “The people embraced Islam, while ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ had faith”; and another with the wording: “The two sons of al-ʿĀṣ, Hishām and ʿAmr, are believers.” Both have preceded under (155, 156).

654 — “No one is better in the sight of Allah than a believer who lives long in Islam, because of his glorification, magnification, and declaration of Allah’s oneness.”

Aḥmad (1/163) transmitted it, as did al-Diyā in al-Mukhtārah (1/283), through Ṭalḥah ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ṭalḥah, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shaddād:

“Three men of Banū ʿUdhrah came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and embraced Islam. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘Who will take care of them for me?’ Ṭalḥah said: ‘I will.’ So they stayed with Ṭalḥah. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then dispatched a military expedition, and one of them went out with it and was martyred. He then dispatched another expedition, and another of them went out with it and was martyred. The third then died in his bed.

Ṭalḥah said: ‘I saw these three who had stayed with me in Paradise. I saw the one who had died in his bed ahead of them; I saw the one who was martyred last following him; and I saw the one who was martyred first as the last of them. This perplexed me, so I came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentioned this to him.’ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘What was it about that which you found objectionable? No one ...’—to the end of the hadith.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission, and it is authentic according to Muslim’s criteria. There has been criticism of Ṭalḥah ibn Yaḥyā regarding his memory, but his hadith does not fall below the rank of good, if Allah Most High wills. ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shaddād was a senior Successor, born during the Prophet’s lifetime; it may therefore be said that this is mursal, with the Companion link omitted.

I say instead that it appears to be a musnad report, with a continuous chain to the Prophet, which he received from Ṭalḥah himself, as indicated by his statement in the course of the hadith: “Ṭalḥah said.” And Allah knows best.

أخرجه الطبراني في " المعجم الكبير " (١ / ١٣ / ١) وعنه الضياء المقدسي في " المختارة " (١ / ٢٨٥) وإسناده ضعيف كما بينته في الكتاب الآخر (١٥٣٧) . لكن له شاهد بلفظ: " أسلم الناس وآمن عمرو العاص "، وآخر بلفظ: " ابنا العاص مؤمنان هشام وعمرو ". وقد مضيا (١٥٥، ١٥٦) . ٦٥٤ - " ليس أحد أفضل عند الله من مؤمن يعمر في الإسلام، لتسبيحه وتكبيره وتهليله ". أخرجه أحمد (١ / ١٦٣) وعنه الضياء في " المختارة " (١ / ٢٨٣) من طريق طلحة بن يحيى بن طلحة عن إبراهيم بن محمد بن طلحة عن عبد الله بن شداد. " أن نفرا من بني عذرة ثلاثة، أتوا النبي ﷺ فأسلموا، قال: فقال النبي ﷺ: من يكفينيهم؟ قال طلحة: أنا، قال: فكانوا عند طلحة، فبعث النبي ﷺ بعثا، فخرج فيه أحدهم، فاستشهد، قال: ثم بعث بعثا، فخرج فيهم آخر، فاستشهد، قال: ثم مات الثالث على فراشه ، قال طلحة: فرأيت هؤلاء الثلاثة الذين كانوا عندي في الجنة، فرأيت الميت على فراشه أمامهم، ورأيت الذي استشهد أخيرا يليه، ورأيت الذي استشهد أولهم آخرهم؟ قال: فدخلني من ذلك، قال: فأتيت النبي ﷺ، فذكرت ذلك له، قال: فقال رسول الله ﷺ: وما أنكرت من ذلك؟ ليس أحد ... الحديث. قلت: وهذا إسناد حسن، وهو صحيح على شرط مسلم، وفي طلحة ابن يحيى كلام من قبل حفظه، لا ينزل حديثه عن مرتبة الحسن إن شاء الله تعالى. وعبد الله بن شداد تابعي كبير ولد في عهد النبي ﷺ، فقد يقال إنه مرسل. فأقول: بل الظاهر أنه مسند تلقاه من طلحة نفسه، لقوله: في أثناء الحديث: " قال طلحة ". والله أعلم.