Abi ‘Arubah Mihran al-Yashkiri...

Abi ‘Arubah Mihran al-Yashkiri, their freed slave, Abu al-Nadhar al-Basri: Thiqah (trustworthy), hafiz (a hadith scientist) , he wrote books. However, he did a lot of tadlis , and became confused. He was one of the most authoritative narrators from Qatadah .[^6] Concerning the fifth narrator, al-Hafiz further submits: قتادة بن دعامة بن قتادة السدوسي أبو الخطاب البصري ثقة ثبت Qatadah b. Da’amah b.

Qatadah al-Sudusi, Aboo al-Khaṭṭaab al-Basri: Thiqah (trustworthy) , thabt (accurate).[^7] Like the fourth narrator, he too is accused of tadlis , as proclaimed by al-Hafiz: قتادة بن دعامة السدوسي البصري صاحب أنس بن مالك رضي الله تعالى عنه كان حافظ عصره وهو مشهور بالتدليس وصفه به النسائي وغيره Qatadah b. Da’amah al-Sudusi al-Basri, the companion of Anas b. Malik, may Allah the Most High be pleased with him. He was the hafiz ( hadith scientist) of his time, and he is famous for tadlis .

Al-Nasai and others described him with it.[^8] The sixth narrator is trustworthy as well, as affirmed by al-Hafiz: أبو حرب بن أبي الأسود الديلي البصري ثقة Abu Harb b. Abi al-Aswad al-Dili al-Basri: Thiqah (trustworthy) [^9] With regards to the last narrator, al-Hafiz states: أبو الأسود الديلي ….ثقة Abu al-Aswad al-Dili....: Thiqah (trustworthy) [^10] In a word, all the narrators are trustworthy. But, there are three issues with the chain.

The fourth narrator (Sa’id) did tadlis a lot and also became confused. The question is: does his tadlis affect his narrations from Qatadah, especially as he has narrated in an ‘an-‘an manner? Moreover, did the third narrator (Ibn Abi ‘Adi) hear from him before or during his confusion? Lastly, Qatadah himself was famous for tadlis . So, does his tadlis affect his ‘an-‘an reports from Abu Harb? Some of these questions are answered in the following isnad documented by Imam al-Bukhari (d.

256 H) in his Sahih : حدثنا محمد بن بشار حدثنا يحيى وابن أبي عدي عن سعيد عن قتادة عن أنس بن مالك Muhammad b. Bashar – Yahya and Ibn Abi ‘Adi – Sa’id – Qatadah – Anas b. Malik[^11] Interestingly, this chain is almost identical to the one we are investigating! We see that Sa’id has narrated ‘an-‘an from Qatadah, and al-Bukhari considers the sanad to be sahih . This proves that Sa’id’s tadlis does not affect his ‘an-‘an reports from Qatadah.

It is noteworthy that Qatadah’s ‘an-‘an reports from Anas are also accepted as sahih , as in the above chain. In this sanad of al-Bukhari, Ibn Abi ‘Adi is conjoined with Yahya.