Abu Dawud said: It was narrated by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, from Ṣāliḥ ibn Rūmān, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, as a mawqūf report.

And it was narrated by Abū ʿĀṣim, from Ṣāliḥ ibn Rūmān, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, who said: We used to, in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, enjoy a handful of food by way of mutʿah.

Abu Dawud said: It was narrated by Ibn Jurayj, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, in the same sense as Abū ʿĀṣim's version.

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And the statement of Abu Dawud: "It was narrated by Ibn Jurayj, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir" — it was recorded by Muslim (1405) and al-Bayhaqī in al-Kubrā 7/237 via the chain of ʿAbd al-Razzāq: Ibn Jurayj informed us, Abū al-Zubayr informed me, saying: I heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah say: We used to enjoy a handful of dates and flour for days in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.

And it was recorded by al-Bayhaqī in al-Kubrā 7/238 via the chain of Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from his father, from Jābir. He said: Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAṭāʾ is not relied upon.

See also Musnad Aḥmad (14182).

And his statement: "in the same sense as mutʿah" — the author of Badhl al-Majhūd 10/133 said: That is, the mutʿah of marriage. So the meaning of his saying "we used to enjoy" is: enjoyment of women in the manner of mutʿah, not marriage. The purpose of this annotation is to support the ḥadīth of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī in naming Ṣāliḥ ibn Rūmān, for Abū ʿĀṣim also named him Ṣāliḥ ibn Rūmān. Abu Dawud said: It was narrated by Ibn Jurayj, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, in the same sense as Abū ʿĀṣim's version — that is, agreeing in meaning with the ḥadīth of Abū ʿĀṣim. The purpose of mentioning the ḥadīth of Ibn Jurayj is to strengthen the ḥadīth of Abū ʿĀṣim, that this ḥadīth occurred in the context of mutʿah, not marriage. Accordingly, the meaning of the ḥadīth is: whoever gives a woman two handfuls of sawīq or dates by way of dower in mutʿah has made her lawful [for himself]. And you know that mutʿah is abrogated, and its prohibition is established until the Day of Resurrection by the ḥadīth of Sabrah ibn Maʿbad al-Juhanī cited previously under numbers (2072) and (2073), which is in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (1406) (21).

See also our commentary on the ḥadīth of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah in al-Musnad (14182).