Umar bin Khattab's Narration and Its Narrators Umar bin...

Umar bin Khattab's Narration and Its Narrators Umar bin Khattab is also said to have narrated this hadith from the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, but there are the following people in the chain of the transmission of the narration: Nu'aym bin Hammad As we pointed out earlier, according to Ibn Jawzi, Nu'aym bin Hammad is weak and his report is, therefore, weak. Abdu Rahim bin Zayd and Zayd Ammi We have already mentioned Sunni scholars' viewpoints about these two narrators.

Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari's Narration and Its Narrators This hadith has also been narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari but the narrators in the chain of the transmission of the narration are unknown. As we pointed our earlier, Ibn Hajar Asqalani writes in Takhrij Ahadith al-Kashaf: Daru Qutni narrates this hadith from Humaid bin Zayd, from Malik, from Ja'far bin Muhammad from his father from Jabir putting it amongst the weird traditions.

It has been narrated that the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, said: "Whomever among them you adopt his words, you will be guided. My companions are comparable to the stars. One who follows one of the stars will be guided." Daru Qutni says: Malik is not proved to have narrated this hadith. All of its narrators except Malik are unknown.

This hadith has also been narrated with a different chain of transmission from Jaibr but the following people could be seen in the chains of its transmission: Abu Sufyan Ibn Hazm says: "Abu Sufyan is weak in terms of narrating hadith."[^1] Salam bin Sulaym Ibn Hajar says: "Salam is weak in terms of narrating hadith." In Hazm says: "Salam relates fabricated ahadith and this hadith [i.e., the Hadith of al- Nujum] is undoubtedly among such ahadith." Ibn Kharash says: "Salam is a liar." Ibn Habban has commented about him: "He has related fabricated ahadith".

He has reported this in Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Mawdhu'ah wa al-Dha'ifa and added: "There is consensus on his weakness." Harith bin Ghusayn Ibn Abd al-Barr, said after reporting the hadith of al-Nujum from Jabir with the related chain of transmission (isnad): "This is the isnad which does not infer authenticity because Harith bin Ghusayn is not known." As we pointed our earlier, Zayn Iraqi has narrated this saying of Ibn Abd al-Barr and he has favored it.

The Narration of Abdullah bin Abbas and Its Narrators This hadith has also been narrated by Abdullah bin Abbas.