(Al-Jaʿẓarī): a harsh, coarse, arrogant man; and (al-Jawwāẓ): one who amasses wealth and withholds it.

1742 — “At the first shedding of a martyr’s blood, all his sins are forgiven, except debt.”

Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir, through a chain whose narrators are those of the Sahih, from Sahl ibn Hunayf in a report attributed to the Prophet, as cited in al-Majmaʿ (4/128). Al-Hakim also narrated it (2/119), and al-Bayhaqi, through him, (9/163–164), by way of Abd al-Rahman ibn Saʿd al-Mazini, from Sahl ibn Abi Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, from his father, from his grandfather, in a report attributed to the Prophet—but without the words, “except debt.” Al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi made no comment on it, because al-Hakim cited it as corroboration for the hadith of Ibn Amr: “Every sin of the martyr is forgiven except debt,” which he and al-Dhahabi authenticated. Abd al-Rahman ibn Saʿd al-Mazini—this is how it appears in al-Mustadrak—I believe that al-Mazini is a corruption of al-Madani. Ibn Abi Hatim listed him (2/2/238) and related from Ibn Maʿin that he said: “I do not know him.”

I say: Yet al-Haythami’s statement concerning al-Tabarani’s route, “Its narrators are those of the Sahih,” indicates that it is through a route other than his, for he is not among the narrators of the Sahih; indeed, none of the other four compilers of the Six Books narrated from him. This is further supported by the variation in wording, since his version does not contain “except debt,” as mentioned above. In sum, the hadith is, at the very least, good by virtue of corroborating evidence, if not authentic.

I then found it in al-Tabarani’s al-Muʿjam al-Kabir, where he narrated it (5552 and 5553) through two routes from Abdullah ibn Wahb, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Shurayh—or, in the other route, Abd al-Rahman ibn Sahl al-Madani—from Sahl ibn Abi Umamah, with the same report.

I say: Through the first route, this is an authentic chain: its narrators are trustworthy and are narrators of both al-Bukhari and Muslim. Abd al-Rahman ibn Shurayh was al-Maʿafiri of Alexandria, trustworthy and among their narrators, as were Sahl and Ibn Wahb. As for Abd al-Rahman ibn Sahl al-Madani, I strongly believe that the correct name is Abd al-Rahman ibn Saʿd, as was mentioned above from al-Mustadrak. Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned him (2/2/238) as follows: