Hadith 119

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفِيانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق نَحْوَهُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : وَهَذَا قَوْلُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَغَيْرِهِ ، وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ " , وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ ، وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ شُعْبَةُ , وَالثَّوْرِيُّ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ ، وَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّ هَذَا غَلَطٌ مِنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق .
´Abu Ishaq:` There is a similar report (as no. 1I8) narrated via Abu Ishaq.
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الطهارة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 119
Hadith Grading زبیر علی زئی: إسناده ضعيف / جه 581, أبو إسحاق مدلس (تقدم : 107) وصرح بالسماع عند البيهقي (1/201،202) ولكن المسند إليه ضعيف .
Hadith Takhrij «انظر ما قبلہ ( تحفة الأشراف : 16023) (صحیح)»
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
The sum total of all this is that among the students of Aswad, only Abu Ishaq Sabi'i narrated this hadith with the wording ((كَانَ النَّبِيُّيَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ لَايَمَسُّ مَاءً)) ("The Prophet ﷺ would sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) without touching water"), whereas his other students narrated it with the wording ((إِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَّنَامَ)) ("Indeed, he would perform ablution (wudu) before sleeping"). However, the addition of a word by a trustworthy (thiqa) narrator, as long as it does not contradict, does not prevent the hadith from being authentic. And Abu Ishaq Sabi'i is a trustworthy narrator. Furthermore, in one narration of Ahmad (6/102), there is explicit mention of hearing it from Aswad. Also, Sufyan Thawri narrated this from Abu Ishaq Sabi'i, and the narration of Sufyan Thawri from Abu Ishaq Sabi'i is considered the most reliable (see Sahih Abu Dawud, no. 234, and Sunan Ibn Majah, no. 583).
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 119