5—717— “When he wore a turban, he would let its end hang down…”

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Abu Usamah contradicted both of them, saying: “Ubayd Allah ibn Umar narrated to us from Nafi‘, who said: Ibn Umar would wear a turban and let its end hang down between his shoulders.”

Ubayd Allah said: “Our elders informed us that they saw the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wearing turbans and letting their ends hang down between their shoulders.”

It was reported by Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (8/427/5028), and from his route by al-Bayhaqi in Branches of Faith (no. 6249), with an authentic chain of transmission.

6—764— “Indeed, the family of so-and-so…”

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I then found another supporting transmission for Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid in Abu Awanah’s Sahih (1/96), through two routes from Abu al-‘Asi—one of the descendants of Sa‘id ibn al-‘As—who said: “‘Anbasah ibn Abd al-Wahid narrated it to me.”

However, I did not recognize this Abu al-‘Asi, and al-Dhahabi did not mention him in his book al-Muqtaṇā fi al-Kunā. Yet I fear that this may be the kunyah of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid himself, for Abd al-Wahid was a descendant of Sa‘id ibn al-‘As; namely, he was ‘Anbasah ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Umayyah ibn Abdullah ibn Sa‘id ibn al-‘As al-Umawi. If he is in fact the same person, then he cannot serve as a supporting narrator, as is apparent. Whether Abu Awanah’s inclusion of him in his Sahih removes his status as an unknown narrator, however, remains open to consideration.

And Allah knows best.

Nevertheless, the addition that he reported—and sought to declare weak—is authentic, for it is supported by a corroborating report from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, narrated by Muslim and others. Its documentation will appear in this series under no. 3177.