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However, in another chain in the same Sahih , he stands alone: حدثني محمد بن بشار حدثنا ابن أبي عدي عن سعيد عن قتادة عن أنس رضي الله Muhammad b. Bashar – Ibn Abi ‘Adi – Sa’id – Qatadah – Anas b. Malik[^12] As such, Ibn Abi ‘Adi authentically transmitted from Sa’id. He apparently narrated from the Sa’id before the latter’s confusion. Moreover, this isnad reiterates the fact that Sa’id’s ‘an-‘an reports from Qatadah are sahih . In other words, his tadlis does not affect them. ‘Allamah al-Albani (d.

1420 H) confirms all our words: حدثنا ابن المثنى: ثنا ابن أبي عدي عن سعيد عن قتادة .... قلت: وهذا إسناد صحيح على شرط الشيخين. Ibn al-Muthanna – Ibn Abi ‘Adi – Sa’id – Qatadah .... I (al-Albani) say: This chain is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs .[^13] Imam Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311 H) also records: حدثنا محمد بن بشار و أبو موسى قالا : حدثنا ابن أبي عدي عن سعيد عن قتادة عن أبي تميمة عن الأشعري ـ يعني أبا موسى Muhammad b.

Bashar and Abu Musa – Ibn Abi ‘Adi – Sa’id – Qatadah – Abu Tamimah – Abu Musa al-Ash’ari.[^14] Dr. Al-A’zami declares: إسناده صحيح Its chain is sahih ^15 Needless to say, Ibn Khuzaymah also considers the sanad to be sahih , and has therefore included it in his Sahih . The bottom-line is as follows: Ibn Abi ‘Adi authentically narrated from Sa’id, before the latter’s confusion. The ‘an-‘an reports of Sa’id from Qatadah are sahih . The former’s tadlis does not affect them.

Some ‘an-‘an reports of Qatadah – like those from Anas and Abu Tamimah – are also sahih . Qatadah’s tadlis has no effect on them. The big question, at this point, is: what is the status of Qatadah’s ‘an-‘an narrations from Abu Harb? According to high-ranking Sunni muhadithun , such narrations are sahih . For instance, ‘Allamah al-Albani states: حدثنا مسدد: نا يحيى عن ابن أبي عَرُوبة عن قتادة عن أبي حَرْب ابن أبي الأسود عن أبيه عن علي. قلت: وهذا إسناد صحيح Musaddad – Yahya – (Sa’id) b.

Abi ‘Arubah – Qatadah – Abu Harb b. Abi al-Aswad – his father – ‘Ali. I say: This chain is sahih .[^16] This chain, like some others, is almost identical with that of the report from Ibn Abi Hatim. Here, the ‘Allamah confirms that the ‘an-‘an reports of Sa’id from Qatadah are sahih , as well as Qatadah’s ‘an-‘an narrations from Abu Harb. Shaykh al-Arnauṭ too backs him: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا عبد الصمد بن عبد الوارث ثنا هشام عن قتادة عن أبي حرب بن أبي الأسود عن أبيه عن علي رضي الله عنه ....

إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad b. Hanbal) – my father (Ahmad b.