al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19157
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( أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي بَيَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْقَطَّانُ، ثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ، ثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، عَنْ عُفَيْرِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، ثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ؓ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - ﷺ:
خَيْرُ الضَّحَايَا الْكَبْشُ الْأَقْرَنُ
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
وفي إسناده عفير بن معدان وهو ضعيف
machine translationIn its chain of transmission is ʿUfayr b. Maʿdān, and he is weak (ḍaʿīf).
in سنن البيهقي الكبرى, p. 19157 - ابن عدي
لعفير بن معدان غير ما ذكرت من الحديث وعامة رواياته غير محفوظة
machine translationʿUfayr b. Maʿdān has other hadiths besides what I have mentioned, and most of his narrations are not preserved (ghayr maḥfūẓ).
in سنن البيهقي الكبرى, p. 19157
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- a well-known Companiond. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh said: 81 AH. Abū al-Ḥasan al-Madāʾinī and more than one said: 86 AHأَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّصحابي مشهورعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Baghdādī said: he lived after the killing of al-Jarrāḥ, and the battle of al-Jarrāḥ was in 112 AH. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ and others said: 130 AHسَلِيمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍثقةحدثنا
- weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 168 AHعُفَيْرِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَضعيفعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), but he very often practiced concealment (tadlīs) and levelling (taswiyah).d. 194, or 195 AH, or 196 AHالْوَلِيدُثقة ، لكنه كثير التدليس والتسويةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 239 AHدَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍثقةحدثنا
- بيان بن أحمد القطانحدثني
- d. 369 AHأَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَأنبأ
- d. 430 AHأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّأخبرنا
- d. 458 AHالبيهقي
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