It was transmitted by Abu Dawud (4344), al-Tirmidhi (2/26), and Ibn Majah (4011).
Al-Tirmidhi said: “It is good and singular through this route.”
I say: ʿAtiyyah is weak, but his hadith is strengthened here by the following route:
The second: from ʿAli ibn Zayd ibn Judʿan, from Abu Nadrah, from him, attributed to the Prophet.
It was transmitted by al-Hakim (4/505–506), al-Humaydi in his Musnad (752), and Ahmad (3/19, 61). Ahmad transmitted both wordings, while al-Hakim transmitted the other wording. Al-Hakim said:
“He was uniquely reported by Ibn Judʿan, and the two Shaykhs did not rely upon him.”
Al-Dhahabi said in his Talkhis: “I say: he is acceptable in hadith.”
And he said in al-Duʿafaʾ: “His hadith is good; he is a narrator of singular reports, and some scholars cited him as proof.”
Abu Zurʿah said: “He is not strong.” Ahmad said: “He is of no account.”
I say: His hadith is good when supported, as it is here. And Allah knows best.
- The hadith of Abu Umamah: it is narrated from him by his companion Abu Ghalib, who said:
“A man approached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at the first stoning pillar and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which jihad is best?’ He remained silent. When he stoned the second pillar, the man asked him again, but he remained silent. Then, when he stoned the Pillar of al-ʿAqabah and placed his foot in the stirrup to mount, he said: ‘Where is the questioner?’ The man said: ‘It is I, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘A word of truth in the presence of a tyrannical ruler.’”
It was transmitted by Ibn Majah (4012), Ahmad (5/251, 256), al-Mukhallis in “Part of the Fifth Section of al-Fawaʾid” (folio 260/1), and al-Ruyani in his Musnad (30/215/2).