'Ask him for more,' until he reached six or seven—the doubt is from Abū Kurayb; and Ibn Bashshār said in his narration: 'until he reached seven Ahruf,' without doubting—and each one is sufficient and satisfying." And the wording of the hadith is that of Abū Kurayb. (1)
27- Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā narrated to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb informed me, from Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl, from Anas ibn Mālik, from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb, from the Prophet ﷺ, a similar report. And he said in his hadith: "until he reached six Ahruf; he said: Recite it according to seven Ahruf, each one is sufficient and satisfying." (2)
28- Muḥammad ibn Marzūq narrated to us, saying: Abū al-Walīd narrated to us, saying: Ḥammād
Notes
- (1) Hadith 26: This is via two chains of transmission: "Muhammad ibn Bashshar from Ibn Abi 'Adi," and "Abu Kurayb from Muhammad ibn Maymun al-Za'farani," both from Humayd al-Tawil. The first chain of transmission is authentic (sahih) according to the conditions of the two Sheikhs without disagreement. The second chain of transmission contains "Muhammad ibn Maymun al-Za'farani," who is trustworthy; Ibn Ma'in, Abu Dawud, and others declared him trustworthy, while al-Bukhari, al-Nasa'i, and others declared him weak.
And the hadith is authentic (sahih) in any case, as these two were not solitary in narrating it:
For Ahmad narrated it in the Musnad (5/114, 122 of the al-Halabi edition), slightly abridged, from Yahya ibn Sa'id—who is al-Qattan—from Humayd al-Tawil, with this chain of transmission. Then his son 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad narrated it from Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Muqaddami, from Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal, and from Suwayd ibn Sa'id, from al-Mu'tamar ibn Sulayman, both from Humayd al-Tawil, in meaning.
And Abu 'Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam also narrated it—as quoted from him by Ibn Kathir in al-Fada'il (54)—from Yazid ibn Harun and Yahya ibn Sa'id, both from Humayd, with this chain of transmission in detailed form.
And it will come immediately after this, under number 27, from the narration of Yahya ibn Ayyub from Humayd.
And Ibn Kathir said, after quoting the narration of Abu 'Ubayd: "And al-Nasa'i narrated it from the hadith of Yazid—that is, ibn Harun—and Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, both from Humayd al-Tawil, from Anas, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, in a similar manner. And likewise it was narrated by Ibn Abi 'Adi, Muhammad ibn Maymun al-Za'farani, and Yahya ibn Ayyub, all of them from Humayd, with it." And this is an indication from him to al-Tabari's three chains of transmission here, and all of them are authentic (sahih) chains of transmission.
- (2) Hadith 27: It is a repetition of the hadith before it, and we have already referred to it in its citation of sources.
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