72 - Chapter on the prohibition of cutting a leather strap between two fingers (1)

2589 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, Quraysh ibn Anas narrated to us, Ash'ath narrated to us, from al-Hasan, from Samurah ibn Jundub: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited cutting a leather strap between two fingers (2).

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(1) This chapter heading is established by us from the margin of (H), and it is indicated there that it is from the narration of Abu Isa al-Ramli.
(2) Weak. This chain's narrators are trustworthy, but al-Hasan—namely al-Basri—there is disagreement regarding his hearing from Samurah ibn Jundub. Quraysh ibn Anas is trustworthy, but he became confused shortly before his death.
It was also recorded by al-Rawyani in his "Musnad" (819), Ibn Hibban in "al-Majruhin" 2/220 via the path of Muhammad ibn Bashshar, al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" (6935) via the path of Ali ibn al-Madini, and al-Hakim 4/281 via the path of Abu Qilabah Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Raqqashi—all three of them from Quraysh ibn Anas, with this chain.
Al-Dhahabi said in "al-Mizan" 3/389 in the biography of Quraysh ibn Anas: This is a rejected (munkar) hadith.
It was also recorded by Abu Bakr al-Quti'i in "Juz' al-Alf Dinar" (297), and al-Tabarani (6910) via the path of Ya'la ibn Abbad, from Hammam, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Samurah. Ya'la ibn Abbad—namely al-Kalabi—is weak in hadith.
It was also recorded by al-Tabarani (6949) via the path of Asim ibn Ali al-Wasiti, from Qays ibn al-Rabi', from Isma'il ibn Muslim al-Makki, from al-Hasan, from Samurah. Isma'il ibn Muslim al-Makki is weak in hadith, and Asim ibn Ali and Qays ibn al-Rabi' have something in their memory.
It was also recorded by al-Tabarani (7077) via the path of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Khabib ibn Sulayman ibn Samurah, from Ja'far ibn Sa'd ibn Samurah, from Khabib ibn Sulayman ibn Samurah, from his father, from his grandfather Samurah ibn Jundub. Al-Dhahabi said in "al-Mizan" in the biography of Ja'far ibn Sa'd ibn Samurah—and he narrated for him several hadiths with this same chain: In any case, this is a dark chain that does not rise to the level of a ruling. And he transmitted from Ibn al-Qattan his saying: None of these people is known for his condition, and the hadith scholars have exerted their utmost effort regarding them. =