is Zayd ibn Thabit; the most capable of them in judgment is Ali ibn Abi Talib; the most genuinely modest among them is Uthman; the trustee of this community is Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah; the most proficient of them in reciting the Book of Allah is Ubayy ibn Kab; Abu Bakr is a repository of knowledge; Salman is a scholar beyond compare; and Muadh ibn Jabal is the most knowledgeable of people concerning what Allah has made lawful and forbidden. No green canopy has shaded, nor has the earth borne—or, he said, the dusty ground borne—anyone more truthful in speech than Abu Dharr.”
He cited it in the biography of the aforementioned Salam and said: “No one corroborates him in it. Error predominates in his hadith. The entire wording is known through other chains with established, excellent transmissions.”
I say: He seems to be referring to the hadith of Anas mentioned previously, as well as others. However, I have not found anything to corroborate the phrase in it, “Abu Hurayrah is a repository of knowledge, and Salman is a scholar beyond compare.” And Allah knows best. Yet Salam was corroborated regarding the matter of Abu Hurayrah, as stated earlier in the other work (1744).
1437 — “Stone the Jamarah with pebbles like those used for flicking.”
It has been reported from a group of Companions, including Sinan ibn Sunna, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muadh al-Taymi, Umm Sulayman bint Amr ibn al-Ahwas, Uthman ibn Ubayd Allah al-Taymi, and Jabir.
- As for the hadith of Sinan, Yahya ibn Hind narrated it, saying that he heard Harmalah ibn Amr—Abu Abd al-Rahman—say: “I performed the Farewell Pilgrimage and passed by my uncle Sinan ibn Sunna. When we stood at Arafat, I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, placing one of his fingers over the other. I said to my uncle, ‘What is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saying?’ He replied, ‘He is saying...’” and then mentioned it.
Ahmad narrated it (4/343), as did Ibn Sad (4/317) and al-Muhamili in al-Amali (5/120/1).
I say: Its narrators are trustworthy, apart from Yahya ibn Hind. Ibn Abi Hatim included him (4/2/194 and 195), but mentioned neither criticism nor accreditation for him, and said: