Authored by: Hafiz Muhammad Anwar Zahid (Hafizahullah)
◈ Contradictory Narrative
There exists a narration, reported in Ibn Saʿd, which claims that Āminah used to say:
“I had carried several children in my womb, but none felt heavier and more burdensome than this child.”
◈ Ḥadīth Verification
Sayyid Sulaiman Nadwi writes:
① First of all, this narration contradicts the well-known and universally accepted reality — that Āminah had no other children besides the Prophet ﷺ, nor did she carry any other pregnancy.
② Secondly, the chain of narration is incomplete (munqaṭiʿ).
◈ Related and Similar Narration
A similar narration is attributed to the Companion Shaddād ibn Aws رضي الله عنه, in which he reportedly said:
“I was the firstborn of my parents. When my mother was carrying me in her womb, she experienced greater heaviness than ordinary women.”
📚 Referenced in Kanz al-ʿUmmāl and Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafā’
◈ Analysis of the Chain
- Maʿānī ibn Zakariyyā al-Qāḍī criticizes this narration on the basis that it is disconnected (munqaṭiʿ) — there is no meeting between Shaddād ibn Aws رضي الله عنه and the narrator Makhūl, indicating a missing narrator in the chain.
- However, an even more critical flaw is that the first narrator in the chain is ʿUmar ibn Ṣubayḥ, who is a:
✔ Liar (kadhdhāb)
✔ Fabricator (waḍdāʿ)
✔ Abandoned narrator (matrūk)
Authored by: Hafiz Muhammad Anwar Zahid (Hafizahullah)
◈ Contradictory Narrative
There exists a narration, reported in Ibn Saʿd, which claims that Āminah used to say:
“I had carried several children in my womb, but none felt heavier and more burdensome than this child.”
◈ Ḥadīth Verification
Sayyid Sulaiman Nadwi writes:
① First of all, this narration contradicts the well-known and universally accepted reality — that Āminah had no other children besides the Prophet ﷺ, nor did she carry any other pregnancy.
② Secondly, the chain of narration is incomplete (munqaṭiʿ).
◈ Related and Similar Narration
A similar narration is attributed to the Companion Shaddād ibn Aws رضي الله عنه, in which he reportedly said:
“I was the firstborn of my parents. When my mother was carrying me in her womb, she experienced greater heaviness than ordinary women.”
📚 Referenced in Kanz al-ʿUmmāl and Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafā’
◈ Analysis of the Chain
- Maʿānī ibn Zakariyyā al-Qāḍī criticizes this narration on the basis that it is disconnected (munqaṭiʿ) — there is no meeting between Shaddād ibn Aws رضي الله عنه and the narrator Makhūl, indicating a missing narrator in the chain.
- However, an even more critical flaw is that the first narrator in the chain is ʿUmar ibn Ṣubayḥ, who is a:
✔ Liar (kadhdhāb)
✔ Fabricator (waḍdāʿ)
✔ Abandoned narrator (matrūk)
