ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Hāshimī, in Basra, said: “ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Khuttalī narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Balkhī narrated to me; Muḥammad ibn Abān narrated to us; Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan ibn Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: …” Then he cited it.
I say: This is a good chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy. The details are as follows:
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Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd, whose father’s name was Rāfiʿ al-Ashjaʿī, their client, a Kūfan. He is undisputedly trustworthy and is among the narrators relied upon by both al-Bukhārī and Muslim.
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His son, al-Ḥasan ibn Sālim. Ibn Maʿīn said: “Sound,” as recorded in al-Jarḥ wa-al-Taʿdīl (1/2/15). Three trustworthy narrators transmitted from him, one of whom was Abū Muʿāwiyah; another will be mentioned shortly. Ibn Ḥibbān also listed him in al-Thiqāt (6/164).
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Abū Muʿāwiyah—whose name was Muḥammad ibn Khāzim al-Ḍarīr al-Kūfī—was trustworthy and among the narrators relied upon by both al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Al-Ḥāfiẓ said in al-Taqrīb:
“Trustworthy; the foremost authority in preserving al-Aʿmash’s hadith, though he may err in hadiths from others.”
I say: This does not harm him, since such errors are infrequent; and who is there that does not err?! Moreover, his narration is corroborated, as will shortly be mentioned, if Allah Most High wills.
- Muḥammad ibn Abān, son of Wazīr al-Balkhī, who served as Wakīʿ’s dictation-reciter. He was one of al-Bukhārī’s shaykhs in his Ṣaḥīḥ. Al-Ḥāfiẓ said: “A trustworthy memorizer.”