The Best of People
152 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: Jarīr narrated to us, from Layth, from Ṭāwūs, from Umm Mālik al-Bahziyya, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of God be upon him, mentioned tribulations and said: "The best of you during them, or the best of people during them, is a man who withdraws to his property worshipping his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, or a man holding the reins of his horse, striking fear into the enemy while they strike fear into him." (1).
Notes
- (1) Its Chain of transmission is Da'if (Weak), and the hadith is Sahih (Authentic):
It was transmitted by Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh in his Musnad, no. (2325), Aḥmad (6/419), al-Ṭabarānī in his al-Kabīr (= [64] = vol. 25, no. 360–362), and Ibn Mandah in al-Ṣaḥāba as in al-Iṣāba (4/494), from the route of Layth ibn Abī Sulaym, with it. And Ibn Mandah said: "Jarīr and others narrated it from Layth; and Muḥammad ibn Juḥāda narrated it from a man said to be Layth; he said: And al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir narrated it from Makḥūl, from Umm Mālik."
I say: Muḥammad ibn Juḥāda narrated it; al-Tirmidhī transmitted it (2177) and said: "And in the chapter from: Umm Mubashshir, Abū Saʿīd, and Ibn ʿAbbās," and he said: "This is a hadith that is Hasan (Good) Singular from this route," and he said: "And al-Layth narrated it, and the narration of al-Nuʿmān is from Ṭāwūs, from Umm Mālik al-Bahziyya, from the Prophet Peace and blessings of God be upon him." End quote.
ʿAlī ibn Baḥr, from Suwayd ibn Saʿīd, from al-Nuʿmān, with it. And Suwayd is Da'if (Weak) in hadith.
I say: The pivot of this hadith is upon: Layth ibn Abī Sulaym, Da'if (Weak) in hadith.
And the hadith is Sahih (Authentic) through corroborating testimonies; among them: from Umm Mubashshir, and it has preceded under no. (12); Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, preceded under no. (15); and Ibn ʿAbbās under no. (70, 101).
So through these corroborating testimonies the hadith is Sahih (Authentic), and praise be to God alone.
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