I then saw in al-Jarḥ (9/446): “Abū Maʿdān … from Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, who said: ‘Abū Maʿdān is sound.’” Al-Muʿallimī commented on this in a manner indicating that the two are one and the same person.
- The hadith of Ibn ʿAbbās, which has two chains from him:
The first is narrated by Ibn Abī Laylā, from al-Minḥāl, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās; and from al-Ḥakam, who relates it as a Prophetic report: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, “My mother is required to free a believing slave, but I have a black, non-Arab slave woman.” He said, “Bring her to me.” He asked her, “Do you testify that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?” She said, “Yes.” He said, “Then set her free.”
Ibn Abī Shaybah recorded it in al-Muṣannaf (11/20/10392), and in Kitāb al-Īmān (28/85, edited by me): “ʿAlī ibn Hāshim narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Laylā …”
This is how it occurs in its chain: “… from Ibn ʿAbbās, and from al-Ḥakam.” The latter is coordinated with al-Minḥāl—who is Ibn ʿAmr—contrary to what might first be assumed. Yet such constructions occur frequently in chains of transmission, as is known to those experienced in this discipline.
Al-Ṭabarānī also narrated it (12/26–27), as did al-Awsaṭ (2/36/2/5653), through al-Ḥasan ibn Furāt al-Qazzāz: “ʿAlī ibn Hāshim narrated to us,” with the same chain, except that he said: “From al-Minḥāl ibn ʿAmr and al-Ḥakam, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr …” This follows the normal form of the chain. He said: “No one narrated it from al-Minḥāl and al-Ḥakam except Ibn Abī Laylā.”