“Abū Maryam, the client of Abū Hurayrah, a Syrian Successor, reliable.”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ (Ibn Ḥajar) adopted this verdict and wrote in Taqrīb: “Trustworthy.”

From this you will realize that the statement of Ibn al-Qaṭṭān, quoted in Fayḍ al-Qadīr—

“ A report of this sort cannot be authentic, for it contains Abū Maryam, the client of Abū Hurayrah, whose standing is unknown. Some say he is only one man, others that there are two; in either case his—or their—status is obscure, and a hadith containing such a transmitter is not sound. ”—

is untenable. It is refuted by al-ʿAjlī’s declaration of his reliability, by the fact that a number of transmitters narrated from him as shown in Tahdhīb, and by Aḥmad’s words: “I saw the people of Ḥimṣ praise him highly.” In another version Aḥmad said, “He is righteous and well-known to us.” He was asked, “Is this the one who narrates from Abū Hurayrah?” He replied, “Yes.” Ibn ʿAsākir cited this.

Notice: In the edition of Sunan Abū Dāwūd corrected by Shaykh Muḥammad Muḥyī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd the name appears as “Ibn Abī Maryam.” The correct reading, as we have shown, is “Abū Maryam.”

23 – “Fear Allah regarding these mute beasts: ride them properly and eat them properly.”

Abū Dāwūd recorded it (no. 2448) through Muḥammad b. Muhājir, from Rabīʿah b. Zayd, from Abū Kabshah al-Sulūlī, from Sahl b. Ḥanẓaliyyah, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a camel whose back had all but clung to its belly, whereupon he said”—and he mentioned the ḥadīth.

I say: Its chain is sound, as al-Nawawī affirmed in al-Riyāḍ, and al-Munāwī concurred.