حدثنا عبد اللّٰهِ قال قرأت علي أبي ثنا أبو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَدَّادُ قال ثنا سُكَيْنُ بن عبد الْعَزِيزِ العبدي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الهجري عن أبي الأَحْوَصِ عن عبد اللّٰهِ بن مَسْعُودٍ قال قال رسول اللّٰهِ صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم ما عال مَنِ اقْتَصَدَ إلي هُنَا قرأت علي أبي وَمِنْ ههنا حدثني أبي
‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud stated that God’s Messenger said: “He who is moderate will never become poor and needy.”1
Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:
About Ibrahim ibn Muslim al-Hajari, Ibn Abi Hatim records that Yahya ibn Ma‘in says that he is laysa bi shay’ and that in the opinion of Abu Hatim he is laysa bi qawi layyin al-hadith;2 Al-Nasa’i regards him to be da‘if;3 Ibn Sa‘d says that he is da‘if al-hadith;4 Al-Bukhari records kana Ibn ‘Uyaynah yuda‘‘ifuhu;5 Ibn Hajar says that he is layyin al-hadith and converts mawquf narratives into marfu‘ ones;6 Ibn Hibban has recorded him in his Al-Majruhin and said kana min man yukhti fa yakthuru.7
Though Yahya ibn Ma‘in, Waki‘ and Ibn Hibban regard Sikkin ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz as trustworthy, Abu Da’ud regards him to be da‘if and al-Nasa’i says that he is laysa bi al-qawi; Ibn ‘Adi says that the weakness in him is most likely because he generally narrates from weak narrators.8 Ibn Hajar records that al-‘Ijli regards him and his father to be trustworthy but Ibn Khuzaymah says that he neither knows him nor his father and at another place says that is absolved from anyone who has any link with him or his father.9 Al-Daraqutni has recorded him in his Al-Du‘afa’.10
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حدثنا أَحْمَدُ بن زَكَرِيَّا شَاذَانُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا كَثِيرُ بن عُبَيْدٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بن يَزِيدَ عن أبي رَوْقٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بن مُزَاحِمٍ عَنِ بن عَبَّاسٍ قال قال رسول اللّٰهِ صلي اللّٰهُ عليه وسلم ما عَالَ مُقْتَصِدٌ قَطُّ
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas stated that God’s Messenger said: “He who is moderate will never become poor and needy.”11
Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:
This narrative is broken because strong evidence suggests that al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim (d. 106 AH) never met ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (rta). Al-Mizzi records: Al-Mashshash says that he never saw him hearing from Ibn ‘Abbas; ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah says that he never met Ibn ‘Abbas; Shu‘bah reports that when ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah asked al-Dahhak if he had heard from Ibn ‘Abbas, he replied in the negative and when he asked him from whom does he actually narrate when he narrates from Ibn ‘Abbas, he replied that he narrates from such and such individuals; Yahya ibn Sa‘id says Shu‘bah would not narrate from al-Dahhak and would reject if al-Dahhak ever narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas; Yahya ibn Sa‘id says that al-Dahhak was da‘if; Ibn Hibban says that al-Dahhak has met a group of the tabi ‘un but not a single companion and that he who says that he met Ibn ‘Abbas is mistaken; Ibn ‘Adi also expresses his doubt on him meeting Ibn ‘Abbas.12 Abu Zur‘ah also says that he never met Ibn ‘Abbas.13 Ibn Abi Hatim records that when Mashshash asked al-Dahhak if he had heard anything from Ibn ‘Abbas, he replied in the negative; he then asked him if he had seen Ibn ‘Abbas to which he said he had not.14 Al-Daraqtni also says that he has heard nothing from Ibn ‘Abbas.15 Thus Ibn Hjar has regarded him to be kathir al-irsal.16
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1. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 1, 447, (no. 4269). See also: Ibn Abi Shaybah, Musannaf, vol. 5, 331, (no. 26604); Ibid., vol. 1, 260, (no. 390); Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu‘jam al-awsat, vol. 5, 206, (no. 5094); Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu‘jam al-kabir, vol. 10, 108, (no. 10118); Al-Shashi, Musnad, vol. 2, 162, (no. 714); Al-Bayhaqi, Shu‘ab al-iman, vol. 5, 255, (no. 6569); Ibn ‘Adi, Al-Kamil, vol. 3, 462-463.
2. Ibn Abi Hatim, Al-Jarh wa ta‘dil, vol. 2, 131.
3. Al-Nasa’i, Al-Du‘afa’, 11.
4. Ibn Sa‘d, Al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 6, 341.
5. Al-Bukhari, Al-Du‘afa’, 14.
6. Ibn Hajar, Taqrib al-tahdhib, 94.
7. Ibn Hibban, Al-Majruhin, vol. 1, 99.
8. Al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, vol. 11, 210-211.
9. Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, vol. 4, 111.
10.Al-Daraqutni, Al-Du‘afa’, vol. 2, 157.
11. Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu‘jam al-kabir, vol. 12, 123, (no. 12656); See also: Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu‘jam al-awsat, vol. 8,152, (no. 8241); Al-Bayhaqi, Shu‘ab al-iman, vol. 5, 255, (no. 6570); Ibid., vol. 5, 255, (no. 6571); Ibn ‘Adi, Al-Kamil, vol. 3, 12.
12. Al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, vol. 13, 293-297.
13.Ibn Abi Hatim, Marasil, 96.
14.Ibn Abi Hatim, Al-Jarh wa ta‘dil, vol. 4, 458.
15.Al-Barqani, Su’alat, 38.
16.Ibn Hajar, Taqrib al-tahdhib, 280.