وعن مكحول رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم نصب المنجنيق على أهل الطائف. أخرجه أبو داود في المراسيل ورجاله ثقات ووصله العقيلي بإسناد ضعيف عن علي رضي الله عنه.
Makhul (RAA) narrated, ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set up the ballista while attacking the people of at-Ta’if`.’ Related by Abu Dawud with a trustworthy chain of narrators, but it is hadith Mursal. Al-'Uqayli connected it (to the Prophet (ﷺ)) with a weak chain narrated by Ali (ra).
Hadith Referenceبلوغ المرام / 1102
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه أبوداود في المراسيل، حديث:335، بإسناد صحيح عنه، وحديث علي: أخرجه العقيلي في الضعفاء:2 /244، وسنده ضعيف جدًا. فيه عبدالله بن خراش منكر الحديث، وللحديث شواهد مرسلة عند البيهقي:9 /84، والترمذي، الأدب، حديث:2762 ب وغيرهما.»
´Narrated 'Amr bin Shu'aib:` from his father, from his grandfather that he Prophet (ﷺ) would take from his beard; from its breadth and its length.
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary: Explanation: 1: Imam Tirmidhi has narrated the hadith regarding the mangonel (manjaniq) through the chain of Waki‘ ibn al-Jarrah. The purpose of this is that a trustworthy narrator like Waki‘ ibn al-Jarrah has narrated from ‘Umar ibn Harun, as if the authentication (tauthiq) of ‘Umar ibn Harun is intended.
Note: (In the chain, “‘Umar ibn Harun Abu Juwayn al-‘Abdi” is a narrator whose hadith is to be abandoned [matruk al-hadith].)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2762