Moreover, Abdullah ibn Sinan—al-Harawi—was corroborated. Abu Dawud stated in his Sunan (4817): “Al-Hasan ibn Isa al-Naysaburi narrated to us: Ibn al-Mubarak informed us, through his chain of transmission, from Ibn Hujayr al-Adawi, who said: ‘I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab relate it.’”

I say: This is how it occurs in the Sunan—as “Ibn Hujayr”—and likewise in Tahdhib al-Kamal and its derivative works. In the narration of al-Bazzar and al-Tahawi, however, it is “Ibn Hujayrah”; likewise, this is found in Ishaq’s biographical entry in al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil. The annotator of al-Tahdhib asserted categorically that this is a scribal corruption, but I do not consider that correct, since the man is unknown, as al-Mundhiri likewise stated categorically in Mukhtasar al-Sunan (7/181). This is the meaning of the statement of al-Hafiz concerning him: “mastur” [unestablished].

I say: He is not well-known and is known only through this hadith; it is therefore impossible to prefer one version over the other. Al-Haythami made two errors concerning this hadith. The first was his inclusion of it, although it is found in the Sunan. The second was his statement (8/62): “Al-Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, apart from Abdullah ibn Sinan al-Harawi, who is trustworthy.” For Ibn Hujayrah is not among the narrators of the Sahih; rather, he is unknown, as mentioned above. I think that he confused him with Abd al-Rahman ibn Hujayrah al-Khawlani, Abu Abdullah al-Misri, who is among the narrators of Muslim; but he is not the same person, as noted above. Nor do the biographical sources mention that he narrated from Umar, or list Ishaq ibn Suwayd among those who narrated from him.