Abu Dawud

� SH Commentary: EH
➊ The narration of Shaqiq is mursal because Asim’s father, Kulayb bin Shihab, is a Tabi‘i. [تقريب ص 286]
➋ There is confusion (idtirab) in its chain of narration.
➌ Shaqiq is majhul (unknown). [ميزان ص 289 ج 2]
Secondly: As for the narration from the narrator Muhammad bin Hajjadah, it is munqati‘ (disconnected) because:
◈ ‘Abdul Jabbar bin Wa’il narrated this from his father, but it is not established that ‘Abdul Jabbar heard from his father.
◈ Imam Nawawi states:
«حديث ضعيف، لان عبدالجبار بن وائل اتفق الحفاظ على انه لم يسمع من ابيه شيئا ولم يدركه»
“This narration is weak because all the Imams are in agreement that ‘Abdul Jabbar did not hear anything from his father, nor did he see him (Wa’il bin Hujr).” [المجوع شرع المهذب : ص 446 ج 3، و الضعيفه ص 330 ج 2]
Even according to the Hanafis themselves, it is not established that ‘Abdul Jabbar heard from or met his father, as:
◈ Maulana Abdul Aziz Sahib has clarified in [بغية الالمعي : ص371 ج1],
◈ Maulana Sarfraz Khan Safdar in [خزائن السنن : ص 81 ج2],
◈ Master Amin Okaraawi in [تحقيق مسئله آمين مندرجه مجموعه رسائل : ص 147 ج1],
◈ and Derwi in [اظہار التحسین ص160].
In short, this narration is weak due to being disconnected (munqati‘).

Commentary:
The chain of narration (isnad) of this narration is "weak" due to "disconnection" (inqita‘).
Its narrator, ‘Abdul Jabbar bin Wa’il, did not hear (any hadith) from his father.
Hafiz Nawawi rahimahullah (631–676 AH) writes regarding this hadith:
«حديث ضعيف، لأن عبد الجبار بن وائل؛ اتفق الحفاظ على أنه لم يسمع من أبيه شيئا، ولم يدركه .»
"This hadith is weak, because the scholars of hadith are unanimously agreed that ‘Abdul Jabbar bin Wa’il did not hear any hadith from his father, nor did he meet his father (in an age of discernment)." [المجموع شرح المهذب : 446/3]
There is also a corroborating narration (mutaba‘at) for this. [سنن أبی داؤد : 839، مراسیل أبی داؤد : 42]
But this narration is also "weak" for two reasons:
➊ Kulayb bin Shihab, a Tabi‘i, is narrating directly from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
therefore this is "mursal," and a "mursal" narration is a type of "weak" narration.
➋ Shaqiq, Abu Layth, the narrator, is "unknown" (majhul).
Imam Tahawi Hanafi [شرح معاني الآثار : 255/1], Hafiz Dhahabi [ميزان الاعتدال : 279/2], and Hafiz Ibn Hajar [تقريب التهذيب : 2819] rahimahullah have declared him "unknown."
Therefore, no consideration can be given to this corroboration.

839. Commentary:
Both of the aforementioned narrations are weak in terms of their chain of transmission; therefore, when going into prostration (sujud), one should place the hands on the ground before the knees, as is mentioned in the following hadith [840].