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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of the Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 165

Chapter: The Virtue of the Ansar

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 165

Narrator:عمرو بن عوف المزني

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ الأَنْصَارَ وَأَبْنَاءَ الأَنْصَارِ وَأَبْنَاءَ أَبْنَاءِ الأَنْصَارِ ‏"

Kathir bin 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin 'Awf narrated from his father:

That his grandfather said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'May Allah have mercy on the Ansar, and the children of the Ansar, and the grandchildren of the Ansar.'"

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 165).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( رَحِمَ اللَّه إِلَخْ ) الظَّاهِر أَنَّهُ دُعَاء لِلْقُرُونِ الثَّلَاثَة وَأَرَادَ بِالْأَبْنَاءِ الْأَبْنَاء الصُّلْبِيَّة فِي الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ إِذْ لَوْ أَرَادَ أَعَمّ لَمَا اِحْتَاجَ إِلَى وَأَبْنَاء أَبْنَاء الْأَنْصَار وَيَحْتَمِل عَلَى بُعْد أَنَّ الْمُرَاد الْعُمُوم فِي أَبْنَاء الْأَبْنَاء ثُمَّ الظَّاهِر أَنَّ الْمُرَاد بِالْأَبْنَاءِ الْأَوْلَاد فَالدُّعَاء شَامِل لِلذُّكُورِ وَالْإِنَاث وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده ضَعِيف فَإِنَّ كَثِير بْن عَبْد اللَّه مُتَّهَم وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيّ وَمُسْلِم مِنْ حَدِيث زَيْد بْن أَرْقَم بِلَفْظِ اللَّهُمَّ اِغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَالْبَاقِي مِثْله وَفِي جَامِع التِّرْمِذِيّ مِنْ حَدِيث أَنَس كَمَا هُوَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ وَقَالَ حَسَن غَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 165
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 165
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 165

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