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Imaam Maalik - rahimahullah - never began to give verdicts until seventy teachers said he could. As-Siyar 7/172.

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He told us about 20 years ago (2005 to be precise) that Abu Ubayd al-Qaasim bn Sallaam (d.224AH), a contemporary of Al-Imaam Ahmad and others, had no hadeeth in the Kutub Sittah, I confirmed that today.

May Allaah preserve Shaykh Muhammad Awwal Amubieya on goodness.

صدق فيما نقل، حفظه الله وسدد خطاه.

It was in the class of Kitaab Eeman of Abu Ubayd, in a span of three or more days we finished the book under him.

Abu Ayman Al A'saliyy , Uthman Nurudeen Al Umma etc were in that class. Good old days, Maasha Allaah!

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Aboo Naasir - hafidhahullaah - wrote 'Marriage to Minor' in the early 2000.

In the book, he defended the honour of Hisham bn Ur'wah, a narrator some Muslim critics of hadeeth Saheeh targeted. They said he suffered Ikhtilaat (memory loss at old age), also that he had some manaakir which he attributed to his father, Ur'wah, the son of Az-Zubayr bn Awwam and Asmaa bint Abee Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with all.

All that Aboo Naasir quenched one after the other.

They said things about Saheeh Al-Bukhari too despite the fact that virtually all of the Six Collectors recorded the hadeeth.

Aboo Naasir - hafidhahullaah - stood in defence of Al-Imaam Al-Bukhari too, being vigorously factual about that.

In essence, he blocked a hole some unscrupulous elements wanted to enter to cause doubts about some authentic reports.

That was in the early 2000.

We used to marvel at such feat, and of course, looked up to him.

May Allaah the Mighty Lord preserve Aboo Naasir and other teachers of Sunnah on goodness.

They really held the fort for all the later Sunnah people in those days.

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قال الإمام الشافعي، رحمه الله:

"بئس الزاد إلى المعاد العدوان على العباد".

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Al-Imaam Maalik and the Sons of the Khaleefah

When the Khaleefah, Muhammad al-Mahdee, arrived in Madeenah, he sent for Al-Imaam Maalik - rahimahullah. When the latter arrived, the Khaleefah said to his two sons, Haarun and Musa: 'Hear (knowledge) from him.'

Later, Imaam Maalik - rahimahullah - was sent for to attend to his new students, but he refused to answer the call.

When the Khaleefah was told of what Imaam Maalik did, he spoke to him about that. Imaam Maalik repsonded: 'O Leader of the Faithful, knowledge is to be sought from its possessor.'

The Khaleefah agreed with Imaam Maalik thus he instructed his sons: 'Go to him.'

So the sons of the Khaleefah went to Imaam Maalik. When they got to him, they said to him, 'read to us.'

Imaam Maalik - rahimahullah - responded: 'Verily the people of Madeenah do read to their scholars as kids read to their teachers, so that if they make mistakes, they will correct them.'

The sons went back to their father to report Imaam Maalik. The Khaleefah once again sent for Imaam Maalik and spoke to him about the issue.

Imaam Maalik - rahimahullah - said: I heard from Ibn Shihaab (my teacher) saying: We gained this knowledge when we were young from reputable men such as Saeed bn Musayyib, Abu Salamah, Urwah, al-Qaasim, Saalim, Khaarijah Ibn Zayd, Sulaiman bn Yasaar, Naafi, Abdurrahman bn Hurmuz'.

Imaam Maalik - rahimahullah - added, 'then from those after them such as Abu Zinaad, Rabeeah, Yahya bn Saeed, Ibn Shihaab; all these people, their students used to read to them not the other way round.'

The Khaleefah said: 'In the act of those is a good emulation, (my sons) go and read to him.'

Then they did so.

(Haarun would later become 'Haarun ar-Rasheed' - Haaroon the Wise One.)

As-Siyar 7/154

https://simplysalafiyyah.com/manners-r.php?id=202&al-imaam-maalik-and-the-sons-of-the-khaleefah#

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The Two Wonderful Hammad's

Al-Imaam adh-Dhahabi in his Siyar mentioned their biography one after the other, they were both scholars of Basrah - in the south of Iraq. They both shared a number of teachers as well as students.

Two wonderful people from among the Seventh Level of narrators according to Al-Imaam adh-Dhahabi in his corpus.

The first Hammad was Hammad Ibn Salamah while the second one was Hammad bn Zayd.

The grandfather of the first was Deenar while the grandfather of the second was Dir'ham. Hence they were Hammad bn Salamah bn Deenar and Hammad bn Zayd bn Dir'ham respectively.

Scholars of old would joke about them that the superiority of Ibn Salamah to Ibn Zayd is like the superiority of Deenar (gold coin) over Dir'ham (silver coin).

Ibn Salamah was superior to Ibn Zayd in a perspective the same way Ibn Zayd was superior to Ibn Salamah in another perspective.

Ibn Salamah was stronger in matters of Aqeedah than Ibn Zayd while the former was stronger than the latter in retentiveness.

Al-Imaam Ahmad would say that Ibn Zayd was more beloved to him but whoever speaks ill of Ibn Salamah would have his Deen queried. He said Ibn Salamah was severer on the heretics, an act so cherished by Al-Imaam Ahmad.

Ibn Salamah and Ibn Zayd both had narrations from Thaabit al-Bunaanee and Ayyoob as-Sakhtiyaanee but Ibn Salamah was more reliable with his reports from Thaabit (from Anas bn Maalik) while Ibn Zayd was more reliable with his reports from Ayyoob (from Naafi Maula Ibn Umar, for example).

So much similarities between both that Al-Imaam adh-Dhahabi - rahimahullah - had to dedicate a section to look into that after mentioning both. So complex that when Abdurrahman bn Mahdee or Wakee bn Jarrah, for instance, say 'Haddathanaa Hammad...'then you need a qareenah to know which is which.

Reports of people such as Alee bn Madeenee, Ahmad bn Abdah, Khalaf bn Hisham etc from a Hammad posseses no problem because those people didn't meet Ibn Salamah.

(Al-Imaam Adh-Dhahabi made a similar comparison between the students who both shared Sufyaan ath-Thauree and Sufyaan Ibn Uyaynah as teachers, whenever any of them says 'Haddathanaa Sufyaan...'then be on the alert. May Allaah reward the scholars of hadeeth best, everything is well explained.)

While all the Six Collectors had the records of Ibn Zayd in their collections not so Ibn Salamah. Al-Bukhari just had one report in Kitaab Raqaaiq from Ibn Salamah while Muslim had some, Ibn Maajah was the other person.

Ibn Salamah was said to suffer from memory loss at old age.

Ibn Salamah was a devout worshipper of Allaah. Always reciting the Qur'aan, doing dhikr and mawaafil. It was in his habit that before he would narrate a hadeeth to anybody he would first recite about a hundred verses of the Qur'aan. He knew Qiraa'ah Aasim (teacher of Hafs bn Sulayman) and Abdullah ibn Katheer ad-Daaree so well.

Ibn Salamah was regarded as someone who used to check his intention well. Ibn Zayd said they used to consider Ibn Salamah as someone who had a good intention for learning.

Ibn Salamah once said: 'Whoever learns hadeeth for other than Allaah, he would suffer from disgrace.'

Ibn Salamah was granted with the karamah of having his supplications answered yet he got married to about seventy women at different times yet Allaah did not grant him an offspring.

As for Ibn Zayd, classify him with Al-Imaam Maalik in terms of knowledge.

He said: I sat with Ayyoob as-Sakhtiyaanee for twenty years (learning).

He was blind so he used to narate hadeeth from his memory (just Ibn Salamah), he was said never to have made a mistake.

Ibn Mubaarak - rahimahullah - composed about him:

'O seeker of knowledge/go and meet Hammad bn Zayd

You will gain forbearance and knowledge/then put that into action.'

Abdurrahman bn Mahdee, in his view, said: 'I have never seen anyone as knowledgeable as Hammad bn Zayd not even Sufyaan or Maalik'.

Hammad bn Salamah died 167AH, a report said at Sujood in the masjid. Hammad bn Zayd died 179AH.

May Allaah bestow His mercies on both.

Majorly adapted from As-Siyar 7: 103-117

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