But al-Dhahabi rebutted this, saying:

“I say: al-Qasim is weak.”

I say: He is al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah al-ʿAbsi, the brother of the two hadith masters Abu Bakr and ʿUthman. Abu Zurʿah and Abu Hatim declared him abandoned, and al-Saji said: “Abandoned in hadith.”

Ibn Hibban alone departed from this judgment and included him among the trustworthy narrators (9/18), yet he said: “He makes mistakes and contradicts others!”

I further say: Even if the report were sound as far as he is concerned, it would not be sound as far as his teacher, Yahya ibn Yaʿla al-Aslami, is concerned, for he was “a weak Shiʿite,” as stated in al-Taqrib.

Thus, it becomes clear that this hadith of Jabir is extremely weak and is therefore unsuitable for corroboration. Allah is the Granter of success.

(A Notice and a Benefit):

In al-Fath (7/476), al-Hafiz attributed this hadith of Buraidah to Ahmad, al-Nasaʾi, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim. Yet it is certainly not found in Sahih Ibn Hibban—neither in al-Ihsan nor in al-Mawarid. Nor did I find it in al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak, despite searching for it in the places where it might be expected and consulting both specialized and general indexes.

In the biographical entry for Mahmud ibn Maslamah in al-Isabah, he mentioned that it occurs in the Additions to al-Maghazi of Yunus ibn Bukayr, from al-Husayn ibn Waqid, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Buraidah, who said: My father informed me, saying: