Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. May Allah grant you a long life. Ameen. Respected Hafiz sahib, I am sending some narrations and need their verification.
Narration No. ➊ The Prophet ﷺ was stung by a scorpion during prayer. After finishing the prayer, he asked for water and salt, applied them to the place, and kept reciting قل يٰٓا يها الكٰفرون، قل هو الله احد، قل اعوذبرب الناس . as he did so.
Narration No. ➋ The incident of Tufayl ibn Amr al-Dawsi (may Allah be pleased with him), in which people told him not to listen to the Quran from the Prophet ﷺ, so he put cotton in his ears. Then he heard the Prophet ﷺ reciting the Quran near the Ka’bah. He removed the cotton from his ears and began to listen to the Quran. As he was himself a poet, he said that this is not the speech of any poet, and so he accepted Islam.
Many Ahl-e-Hadith preachers and orators narrate this incident. Please explain what its status is in the field of knowledge.
Narration No. ➌ It is narrated that a woman used to throw rubbish on the Prophet ﷺ. One day she did not throw it, so the Prophet ﷺ went to her house, cleaned her house, and drew water. The woman, seeing his good character, became Muslim.
We request verification of whether this incident is proven from any authentic hadith, or is merely oral talk, or whether the government curriculum is its only reference. Please explain.
Narration No. ➍ It is narrated that a woman came to Makkah to shop, and she was told that there is a man here, do not listen to his words, he is a sorcerer and a poet. This woman picked up her bundle, went out of Makkah and sat down. The Prophet ﷺ then happened to pass by there. He asked: where do you wish to go? She told him a certain place. The Prophet ﷺ picked up her goods and delivered her to that place. The woman said: you appear to be a good man. I advise you that here there is a man who claims to be a prophet; he is a sorcerer, so beware of him. Hearing her words, the Prophet ﷺ said: that man is I myself. The woman said: then you cannot be wrong, and so she accepted Islam. Respected Hafiz sahib, these four narrations have been written, and their verification is requested. May Allah reward you with good. Wassalam, Khurram Irshad Muhammadi.
Al-Jawab bi-‘awn al-Wahhab
Narration No. ➊
The Prophet ﷺ was stung by a scorpion during prayer. After finishing the prayer, he asked for water and salt, applied them to the place, and kept reciting قل يٰٓا يها الكٰفرون، قل هو الله احد، قل اعوذبرب الناس . as he did so.
Scorpion sting during prayer
This narration is reported in Majma’ al-Zawa’id citing “al-Tabarani fi al-Saghir”.
The chain of it in al-Mu’jam al-Saghir of al-Tabarani is as follows:
حدثنا محمد بن الحسين الأشناني الكوفي : حدثنا عباد بن يعقوب الأسدي : حدثنا محمد بن فضيل عن مطرف عن المنهال بن عمرو عن محمد بن الحنفية عن على كرم الله وجهه فى الجنة . . .
The comprehensive biography of the narrator ‘Abbad ibn Ya’qub al-Rawajini is as follows:
① Hafiz Ibn Hibban said:
وكان رافضيا داعية إلى الرفض ومع ذلك يروي المنا كير عن أقوام مشاهير فاستحق الترك
“He was a Rafidi, he called to Rafidism, and along with that he narrated munkar narrations from famous people, so he deserved to be abandoned (matruk).”
② Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah or Hannad ibn al-Sari criticised him, see:
③ Ibn ‘Adi said:
وفيه غلو فيما فيه من التشيع وروي أحاديث أنكرت عليه فى فضائل أهل البيت وفي مثالب غيرهم
④ Ibn al-Jawzi mentioned him in Kitab al-Du’afa wa al-Matrukin.
⑤ Abu Hatim al-Razi said: كوفي شيخ
See also:
Note:
Hafiz al-Mizzi, al-Dhahabi and others wrote without a chain that Abu Hatim said: شيخ ثقة
This statement is not established from Imam Abu Hatim al-Razi with an authentic chain.
⑥ Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted from Muhammad ibn Tahir that من غلاة الروافض، روي المناكير عن المشاهير
⑦ Al-Busiri called its narration da’if. See the same article:
Against these statements:
① Imam al-Daraqutni said: شيعي صدوق
② Ibn Khuzaymah said: ناعباد بن يعقوب . المتهم فى رأيه، الثقة فى حديثه
③ Al-Hakim declared his hadith sahih.
④ Al-Diya al-Maqdisi took a hadith from him in al-Mukhtarah.
⑤ Hafiz al-Dhahabi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: صدوق فى الحديث، رافضي جلد
See also Siyar A’lam al-Nubala
and Mizan al-I’tidal
⑥ Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from ‘Abbad ibn Ya’qub in Sahih al-Bukhari, among the mutabi’at.
⑦ Hafiz al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) called the hadith he narrated hasan.
⑧ Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: صدوق رافضي، حديثه فى البخاري مقرون، بالغ ابن حبان فقال : يستحق الترك
See also Hady al-Sari
and Fath al-Bari
⑨ Ibn al-‘Imad said: الحافظ الحجة
⑩ Muhammad ibn Tahir al-Fatni said: رافضي داعية إلا أنه ثقة صدوق . . .
From this detail it becomes known that according to the majority of muhaddithun, ‘Abbad ibn Ya’qub is thiqah and saduq, so he is hasan al-hadith, and the rest of the chain is hasan.
Summary of the research: This narration is hasan.
Note 1
In Sunan Ibn Majah there is a narration that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
إذاأنا مت فاغسلوني بسبع قرب من بئري بئر غرس
“When I die, bathe me with seven waterskins from my well, Bi’r Ghars.”
The present writer has described it as إسناده ضعيف in Tasheel al-Hajah.
Shaykh al-Albani
and al-Busiri call this narration da’if, but in fairness, the narration in Ibn Majah is hasan in terms of its chain. Al-Diya al-Maqdisi has also narrated it in al-Mukhtarah.
Therefore, I retract my earlier research. والله الموفق
Note ➋
Some people have said that the aforementioned Abbad used to revile Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).
However, nothing of this has been established with a sound or good chain. والله اعلم
Narration No. ➋
The incident of Tufayl bin Amr al-Dawsi (may Allah be pleased with him): the people told him not to listen to the Qur’an from the Prophet ﷺ, so he put cotton in his ears. Then he heard the Prophet ﷺ reciting the Qur’an near the Ka’bah. He removed the cotton from his ears and began listening to the Qur’an. Being a poet himself, he said that this is not the speech of any poet, and so he accepted Islam.
The incident of Tufayl bin Amr al-Dawsi (may Allah be pleased with him)
This incident attributed to Sayyiduna Tufayl bin Amr al-Dawsi (may Allah be pleased with him) is transmitted, with the chain ابن إسحاق عن عثمان بن الحويرث عن صالح بن كيسان, in the following books:
al-Isti’ab by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Siyar A’lam al-Nubala by al-Dhahabi
Note:
This narration with this chain is found in only one manuscript of Kitab al-Maghazi by Ibn Ishaq. See:
I did not find this narration in “al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah” by Ibn Ishaq (printed).
This chain is da’if for three reasons:
① Ibn Ishaq is a mudallis, and this chain is mu’an’an (using “‘an”).
② The authentication of Uthman bin al-Huwayrith is unknown.
③ Salih bin Kaysan is a Tabi’i, so this chain is mursal.
Sirah Ibn Hisham
, Dala’il al-Nubuwwah by al-Bayhaqi
, Tarikh Dimashq by Ibn Asakir
, al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah
and al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Kathir
narrate this same narration from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar as mursal and munqati’, without a chain.
Some narrations are reported in support of this narration, for example see: Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d
, al-Isabah
and al-Nubala
In the chains of these narrations, Muhammad bin Umar al-Waqidi and al-Kalbi are both liars.
Summary of the research: This incident is not established.
Narration No. ➌
It is narrated that a woman used to throw rubbish on the Prophet ﷺ. One day she did not throw it, so the Prophet ﷺ went to her house, cleaned it, and brought water; the woman, seeing his good character, became Muslim.
The incident of the woman who threw rubbish
This is a completely baseless and fabricated narration. To our knowledge, no chain for it exists in any book of hadith.
Narration No. ➍
It is narrated that a woman came to Mecca to shop, and she was told that there is a man here; do not listen to him, he is a sorcerer and a poet. The woman picked up her bundle and went out of Mecca and sat down. The Prophet ﷺ passed by her, and asked where she wanted to go; she told him a certain place. The Prophet ﷺ picked up her goods and delivered her to that place. The woman said that you appear to be a good man. I advise you that here there is a man who claims to be a prophet; he is a sorcerer, so beware of him. Hearing this, the Prophet ﷺ said that the man is me. The woman said that then you cannot be wrong, and so she accepted Islam.
The incident of the woman with the bundle
This too is a completely baseless and fabricated narration. Such narrations were invented by preachers and storytellers. والله أعلم
