and they do not contain the second part in al-Bukhari, as mentioned above.
I do not know whether, by citing these three narrations from Zayd ibn Hubab, he intended to indicate the breadth of his retention, to which a number of scholars testified, or whether he was pointing to the errors ascribed to him by Ahmad and others. This is something that has not become clear to me. Above every person of knowledge is One All-Knowing.
Furthermore, the hadith cited in the heading has a brief corroborating report from Usayd ibn Zuhayr al-Ansari, with the wording:
“A prayer in Quba Mosque is like an Umrah.”
Al-Tirmidhi and al-Hakim deemed it authentic, but its chain includes someone known only through his narration of this hadith from Usayd, as I explained in al-Taʿliq al-Raghib. Nevertheless, it is suitable as a corroborating report, if Allah Most High wills. *
- “Do not dispute concerning the Quran, nor use one part of Allah’s Book to declare another part false. By Allah, a believer may argue from the Quran and be overcome, whereas a hypocrite may argue from the Quran and prevail.”
Al-Tabarani recorded it in Musnad al-Shamiyyin (2/74/942): Muhammad ibn al-Husayn (!) ibn Qutaybah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Khalaf narrated to us; Abu al-Yaman narrated to us; Safwan ibn Amr narrated to us from Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr, from his father, from al-Nawwas ibn Samʿan, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: … and he mentioned it.
I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are reliable and are among those profiled in al-Tahdhib, apart from this Ibn Qutaybah, who is Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Qutaybah al-Asqalani. The name al-Hasan was corrupted to al-Husayn in the printed edition; the correction is taken from the photographic copy (1/187) and others. Al-Tabarani narrated several hadiths from him in al-Muʿjam al-Awsat, from this Muhammad ibn Khalaf—who was Abu