597 H) has documented a similar report of Hadith al-Tair as Imam Ibn Asakir...

597 H) has documented a similar report of Hadith al-Tair as Imam Ibn Asakir: قال المؤلف وقد انبأنا ابو القاسم الحريري قال انبأنا ابو طالب العشري قال انا الدارقطني قالنا انا محمد بن مخلد قال انا حاتم بن الليث قال انا عبيد الله بن موسى عن عيسى بن عمر القاري عن السدي قال انس اهدي رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم أطيار فقسمهن فقال اللهم ائتني بأحب خلقك اليك يأكل معي من هذا الطير فجاء علي بن ابي طالب فدخل فأكل معه من ذلك الطير Abu al-Qasim al-Hariri – Abu Talib al-‘Ashri – al-Daraquṭni – Muhammad b.

Mukhlid – Hatim b. al-Layth – ‘’Ubayd Allah b. Musa – ‘Isa b. ‘Umar al-Qari – al-Suddi – Anas: Birds were given as gifts to the Messenger of Allah. So, he distributed them. Then he said, “O Allah, bring to me the most beloved to You of Your creation to eat with me from this bird. So, ‘Ali b. Abi Talib came and entered and ate with him from that bird.[^15] This chain is basically the same as that which we have verified above in this chapter.

‘Allamah al-Albani also has this comment about this report: فقد رواه ابن الجوزي (363) بإسناده من طريق الدارقطني: نا محمد بن مخلد: نا حاتم بن الليث قال: نا عبيد الله بن موسى به. وهذا إسناد رجاله كلهم ثقات، إلا ما في (السدي) من الخلاف - وهو (السدي الكبير) ، واسمه: إسماعيل بن عبد الرحمن Ibn al-Jawzi (363) has recorded it with his chain from the route of al-Daraquṭni – Muhammad b. Mukhlid – Hatim b. al-Layth – ‘Ubayd Allah b. Musa with it (i.e. the full chain with the hadith ).

All the narrators of this chain are trustworthy , except for the difference of opinions concerning al-Suddi, and he is al-Suddi al-Kabir, and his name is Isma’il b. ‘Abd al-Rahman.[^16] Since al-Suddi too is thiqah (trustworthy), or at least saduq (very truthful) due to the disputes about him, the sanad is therefore either sahih or hasan . We go with the stricter ruling. As such, we declare that chain of the hadith is hasan due to al-Suddi.

All its narrators are reliable, and there is no disconnection whatsoever in the sanad . Meanwhile, the hadith itself is absolutely sahih due to the existence of massive, overwhelming corroboration ( mutaba’at ) for al-Suddi. Imam al-Hakim (d.

403 H), for instance, declares about Hadith al-Tair : وقد رواه عن أنس جماعة من أصحابه زيادة على ثلاثين نفسا It has been narrated from Anas by a group of his companions, numbering more than thirty individuals.[^17] This establishes the tawatur of the hadith from Anas, and shoots the report of al-Suddi from the level of hasan to the highest sahih grade. [^1]: Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad b.