Question:
How is the chain of narration of the following hadith?
❀ It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Manzur, may Allah be pleased with him:
لما فتح الله علىٰ نبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم خيبر أصابه من سهمه أربعة أزواج نعال وأربعة أزواج خفاف وعشرة أواقي ذهب وفضة وحمار أسود قال فكلم النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم الحمار فقال له: ما اسمك، قال: يزيد بن شهاب، أخرج الله من نسل جدي ستين حمارا كلهم لم يركبهم إلا نبي ولم يبق من نسل جدي غيري ولا من الأنبياء غيرك، أتوقعك أن تركبني وكنت قبلك لرجل من اليهود وكنت أعثر به عمدا وكان يجيع بطني ويضرب ظهري، فقال له النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم: قد سميتك يعفورا، يا يعفور، قال: لبيك، قال: أتشتهي الإناث، قال: لا، وكان النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم يركبه فى حاجته، فإذا نزل عنه بعث به إلىٰ باب الرجل، فيأتي الباب فيقرعه برأسه، فإذا خرج إلىٰ صاحب الدار أومأ إليه أن أجب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: فلما قبض النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم جاء إلىٰ بئر كانت لأبي الهيثم بن التيهان فتردىٰ فيها فصارت قبره جزعا منه علىٰ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم.
When Allah Almighty granted His Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, the conquest of Khaybar, the Prophet, peace be upon him, received as his share four pairs of shoes, four pairs of socks, ten ounces of gold and silver, and a black donkey. The Prophet, peace be upon him, spoke to the donkey and asked: What is your name? It replied: Yazid bin Shahab. Allah Almighty produced sixty donkeys from my grandfather’s lineage, and only the Prophet rode each one. Now, from my grandfather’s lineage, only I remain, and among the Prophets, only you, peace be upon you, remain. I hope that you will ride me. Before you, I was with a Jew; I used to deliberately fall off him, he kept me hungry and used to beat me on my back. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to this donkey: I have named you Ya’fur. O Ya’fur! It replied: At your service. The Prophet, peace be upon him, asked: Do you wish to be paired with a she-donkey? It replied: No. Whenever the Prophet, peace be upon him, went on some necessary task, he would ride it. Then when he dismounted, he would send it to the door of that person. The donkey would come to the door and knock on it with its head. When the owner of the house came out, it would gesture to him to listen to the words of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Then, when the Prophet, peace be upon him, passed away, that donkey came to the well of Abu Haitham bin Tayyhan, may Allah be pleased with him, and in grief over the Prophet’s death, it jumped into the well, which then became its grave.
Answer:
It is a false narration. Muhammad bin Mazid Abu Ja’far is a liar and fabricator.
❀ Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:
لا يجوز الاحتجاج بهذا الشيخ.
It is not permissible to take proof from this person.
❀ Regarding this narration, Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:
هذا حديث لا أصل له وإسناده ليس بشيء.
This hadith is baseless; its chain of narration is worthless.
❀ Hafiz Ibn al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy on him, says:
هذا حديث موضوع فلعن الله واضعه فإنه لم يقصد إلا القدح فى الإسلام، والاستهزاء به.
This is a fabricated hadith; may Allah curse its fabricator. Its purpose is to defame Islam and mock it.
Hafiz Al-Dhahabi, may Allah have mercy on him, has declared this narration false (fabricated).
❀ Hafiz Abu Musa Madini Asibahani, may Allah have mercy on him
, says:
هذا حديث منكر جدا إسنادا ومتنا، لا أحل لأحد أن يرويه عني إلا مع كلامي عليه.
This hadith is severely rejected both in its chain and text. I do not consider it permissible for anyone to narrate this hadith from me unless he also transmits my commentary on this hadith.
