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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 6578

وَعَنْ كَعْبٍ - يَعْنِي الْأَحْبَارَ - قَالَ : لَأَنْ أَزْنِيَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ زَنْيَةً أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَكْلِ دِرْهَمٍ رِبًا يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ أَنِّي أَكَلْتُهُ حِينَ أَكَلْتُهُ رِبًا .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ الرَّاهِبِ ، عَنْ كَعْبِ الْأَحْبَارِ ، وَذَكَرَ الْحُسَيْنِيُّ أَنَّ حَنْظَلَةَ هَذَا غَسِيلُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ ، فَقَدْ قُتِلَ بِأُحُدٍ ، فَكَيْفَ يَرْوِي عَنْ كَعْبٍ ؟ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُهُ فَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ . وَالظَّاهِرُ أَنَّهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَنْظَلَةَ ، وَسَقَطَ مِنَ الْأَصْلِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ إِلَى حَنْظَلَةَ .
Ka'b al-Ahbar narrates: That I should commit fornication thirty-three times is more preferable to me than that I consume a single dirham of usury (riba) about which Allah Almighty knows that, when I consumed it, I consumed it as usury.
Imam Ahmad recorded it from Hanzalah bin al-Rahib from Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Husayni mentioned that this Hanzalah is the one whom the angels washed (after his death); if that is so, he was martyred at the Battle of Uhud, so how could he narrate from Ka'b al-Ahbar? And if he is someone else, then I do not know him. Apparently he is his son, Abdullah bin Hanzalah, and the name Abdullah has dropped out of the original; and Allah knows best. The narrators of this report up to Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البيوع / 6578
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