It was also narrated by Abu Usamah from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah in another manner, combining ‘Abbad and Fatimah in their narration from Asma’:
Ibn Hibban (3209) narrated it through Abu Usamah, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from ‘Abbad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr and Fatimah bint al-Mundhir, from Asma’ bint Abu Bakr—who, whenever she spent something, would count it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to her:
“Spend, and do not count, lest Allah count against you; and do not store it away, lest Allah withhold from you.”
I say: Abu Usamah was Hammad ibn Usamah, one of the narrators of the six books. Nevertheless, al-Hafiz said of him in al-Taqrib:
“Trustworthy and precise; he would sometimes practise tadlis, and in his later years he narrated from the books of others.”
Ahmad (6/354)—and the additional wording is his—also narrated it from Muhammad ibn Bishr, from Hisham, from Fatimah, from Asma’, as a prophetic report.
- Ahmad (6/346) also narrated it from Muhammad ibn Bishr, from Hisham; but he rendered it as: from Fatimah and ‘Abbad ibn Hamzah, from Asma’, as a prophetic report.
Muslim (3/92), al-Nasa’i in al-Sunan al-Sughra (5/73) and al-Sunan al-Kubra (9195) also narrated it through Abu Mu‘awiyah al-Darir, from Hisham, through the same chain.
I say: This ‘Abbad was Ibn Hamzah ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, and he too was trustworthy.
The summary of the preceding routes is that the hadith is narrated from Asma’, and those who narrate it from her are:
- ‘Abbad ibn ‘Abd Allah.
- Fatimah bint al-Mundhir.