whose biography Ibn Abī Ḥātim recorded (1/2/110), on the authority of two other trustworthy narrators who narrated from him. He did not mention any criticism or accreditation of him, while Ibn Ḥibbān included him in al-Thiqāt (3/38, Indian edition).

In a version recorded by Aḥmad through the route of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥarmalah, from Yaḥyā ibn Hind ibn Ḥārithah—Hind having been among those present at al-Ḥudaybiyyah, and his brother, whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent to command his people to fast on ʿĀshūrāʾ, being Asmāʾ ibn Ḥārithah—Yaḥyā ibn Hind narrated to me from Asmāʾ ibn Ḥārithah that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent him and said: “Command your people to fast on this day …” The hadith is similar in wording.

However, this Yaḥyā ibn Hind is known only through the narration of this Ibn Ḥarmalah. Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him on this basis (4/2/194–195), without relating any criticism or accreditation of him. Ibn Ḥibbān likewise included him in al-Thiqāt (3/287). In the biography of the aforementioned Ḥabīb ibn Hind ibn Asmāʾ, he said: “They appear to be brothers, if Allah wills.”

In reconciling their two narrations, al-Ḥāfiẓ said: “I say: It is possible that both Asmāʾ and his son Hind were sent with this command. It is also possible that, in the first narration, the grandfather was referred to as the father; thus, the hadith would be narrated by Ḥabīb ibn Hind from his grandfather Asmāʾ, and the two narrations would be identical. And Allah knows best.”

I say: Reconciliation presupposes authentication, and I do not consider the other narration established, in view of what you have learned concerning the condition of its narrator, Yaḥyā ibn Hind. And Allah knows best.

Then I found the narration of Saʿīd ibn Ḥarmalah in Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (5/252/3609, al-Iḥsān), through the route of Sahl ibn Bakkār, who said: Wuhayb narrated to us from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥarmalah, from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, from Asmāʾ ibn Ḥārithah, with the same report.