Musnad Ahmad 737
Show the chain
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ
كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ ظَاهِرِهِمَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Wakīʿ
- al-Aʿmash
- Abū Isḥāq
- ʿAbd Khayr
- ʿAlī
I used to think that the bottom of the feet were more deserving of being wiped than the tops, until I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping the top of his feet.
Grades by grader
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Darussalam | Sahih hadeeth, when all its isnads are taken into consideration | sunnah.com |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
رجال إسناده ثقات
machine translationThe men of its chain are trustworthy (thiqāt).
in مسند أحمد, p. 741 - Dāraquṭnī
والصحيح من ذلك قول من قال كنت أرى أن باطن الخفين أحق بالمسح من أعلاهما
machine translationThe correct report in this matter is the statement of the one who said: "I used to think that the underside of the leather socks (khuffayn) was more deserving of wiping than their top."
in مسند أحمد, p. 741 - Mubarakpūri
صح عن علي بإسناد صحيح
machine translationIt is authentically reported (ṣaḥīḥ) from ʿAlī with a sound (ṣaḥīḥ) chain of transmission.
in مسند أحمد, p. 741
Narrators
- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةعن
- mukhaḍram, trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 AH and 90 AHعَبْدِ خَيْرٍمخضرم ، ثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AHالْأَعْمَشُثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلسحدثنا
- Trustworthy, a memorizer, devout (thiqah ḥāfiẓ ʿābid)d. 196 AH, or 197 AH, or 198 AHوَكِيعٌثقة حافظ عابدحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.