Harun said: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi said: al-ʿAdawiyyah.

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His hadiths were authenticated consistently by Imam ʿAbd al-Haqq al-Ishbili, as Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi stated in "al-Wahm wa al-Iham" 4/38. Al-Tirmidhi authenticated him on some occasions and graded him hasan on others.

Al-Hafiz al-ʿIraqi authenticated in his "Takhrij Ahadith al-Ihya'" the chain of the hadith: "Whoever learns knowledge by which the face of Allah is sought," which is the hadith mentioned earlier by the author under number (3664). Al-Bazzar graded as hasan the chain of a hadith he recorded under number (343).

However, Yahya ibn Maʿin, Abu Zurʿah, al-Nasa'i, and Abu Dawud declared him weak, and Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi followed them.

We have traced his hadiths in the "Musnad" of Ahmad, and they amount to over one hundred hadiths. He has been followed (by other narrators) in all of them except six hadiths. Al-Bukhari included four of these hadiths in his "Sahih." As for the remaining two: one of them was authenticated by al-Hafiz al-ʿIraqi in his "Takhrij Ahadith al-Ihya'," and ʿAbd al-Haqq al-Ishbili remained silent about it while authenticating it—this is the hadith: "Whoever learns knowledge by which the face of Allah is sought…" The other hadith is in the "Musnad" (11628), and it was authenticated by Ibn Hibban (3006) and al-Hakim 1/357, while al-Dhahabi remained silent about it. Al-Haythami said in "Majmaʿ al-Zawa'id" 3/26: Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are trustworthy. We had previously declared the chain of this hadith weak in the "Musnad," "Sunan Ibn Majah," and "Sunan al-Tirmidhi," so this should be corrected from here.

Abu ʿAmir: he is ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAmr al-ʿAqadi, and Abu Dawud: he is Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Tayalisi.

Ibn Majah also narrated it (3442), and al-Tirmidhi (2156) via the route of Abu ʿAmir and Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah (4423) via the route of Yunus ibn Muhammad—all three of them from Fulayh ibn Sulayman, with this chain.

Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it (2155) via the route of Yunus ibn Muhammad, from Fulayh, from ʿUthman ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, from Yaʿqub ibn Abi Yaʿqub, with it. Al-Tirmidhi said: A hasan gharib hadith; we do not know it except from the hadith of Fulayh.

It is in the "Musnad" of Ahmad (27051).

Naqah (ناقة), i.e., recently afflicted by illness.

Al-Dawali (الدوالي): plural of daliyyah (دالية), which is a cluster of unripe dates that is hung, and when it ripens, it is eaten.