Sahih Ibn Hibban 102
✧ The admonition to prevent reliance on the writings of a person without preserving them
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أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
أَنَّهُ تَمَارَى هُوَ وَالْحُرُّ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ حِصْنٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ فِي صَاحِبِ مُوسَى فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هُوَ الْخَضِرُ فَمَرَّ بِهِمَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَدَعَاهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا فَإِنِّي قَدْ تَمَارَيْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي هَذَا فِي صَاحِبِ مُوسَى الَّذِي سَأَلَ مُوسَى السَّبِيلَ إِلَى لُقِيِّهِ فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَمَا مُوسَى فِي مَلَأٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْكَ؟ فَقَالَ مُوسَى لَا فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى مُوسَى بَلْ عَبْدُنَا الْخَضِرُ فَسَأَلَ مُوسَى السَّبِيلَ إِلَى لُقِيِّهِ فَجَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْحُوتَ آيَةً وَقِيلَ لَهُ إِذَا فَقَدْتَ الْحُوتَ فَارْجِعْ فَإِنَّكَ تَلَقَّاهُ فَسَارَ مُوسَى مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَسِيرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا فَقَالَ لِمُوسَى حِينَ سَأَلَهُ الْغَدَاءَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنْسَانِيهِ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِي فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا فَوَجَدَا خَضِرًا وَكَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمَا مَا قَصَّ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Qutaybah
- Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá
- Ibn and Hb
- Yūnus
- Ibn Shihāb
- ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ He and al-Ḥurr b. Qays b. Ḥiṣn al-Fazārī disputed about the companion of Mūsā. Ibn ʿAbbās said, “He is al-Khaḍir.” Ubayy b. Kaʿb passed by them, so Ibn ʿAbbās called him and said, “O Abū al-Ṭufayl, come to us, for I and this companion of mine have disputed about the companion of Mūsā, the one about whom Mūsā asked the way to meet him. Have you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say anything about him?” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘While Mūsā was among a gathering of the Children of Israel, a man came to him and said to him, “Do you know anyone more knowledgeable than you?” Mūsā said, “No.” Then Allah revealed to Mūsā, “Rather, Our servant al-Khaḍir.” So Mūsā asked the way to meet him. Allah made the fish a sign for him and it was said to him, “When you miss the fish, turn back, for you will meet him.” Mūsā traveled as long as Allah willed him to travel, then he said to his servant, “Bring us our breakfast.” His servant said to Mūsā when he asked for breakfast, “Did you see when we took refuge at the rock? I forgot the fish, and none but Satan made me forget to mention it.” Mūsā said to his servant, “That is what we were seeking.” So they retraced their footsteps, and they found Khaḍir. Then what happened between them was as Allah related in His Book.’”
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- One of the distinguished Companions (min fuḍalāʾ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 19 AH, or 20 AH, or 22 AH, or 30 AH, or 32 AH, or 33 AHأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍمن فضلاء الصحابةفي حكم العنعنة
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), firmly reliable (thabt)d. al-Bukhārī said: died before ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn, 94 AH or 95 AH, and Ibn Numayr said, and others: died 98 AH, Ibn al-Madīnī said: 99 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said: that ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn died 92 AHعُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة فقيه ثبتعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), except that in his narration from al-Zuhrī there are slight errors (awhām), and in his narration from others there is error (khaṭaʾ)d. Ibn Saʿd said: 152 AH, al-Bukhārī and others: 159 AH (and it is the correct view), Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz said: 160 AHيُونُسُثقة ، إلا أن في روايته عن الزهري وهما قليلا ، وفي غير الزهري خطأأخبرنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AHابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابدحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 243 AH, or 244 AHحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَىصدوقحدثنا
- d. 310 AHابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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