791 — Mūsā ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us, Ṭālib ibn Ḥabīb narrated to us, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Jābir narrated, from Ḥazm ibn Abī Kaʿb: that he came to Muʿādh ibn Jabal while he was leading the people in the Maghrib prayer — in this report — he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O Muʿādh, do not be a tempter, for behind you pray the elderly, the weak, the one in need, and the traveler."

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This has already been cited in abbreviated form under nos. 599 and 600.

His saying: "Are you a tempter?" — that is, one who turns people away from the religion and repels them from it. In this is disapproval of one who commits what he is forbidden from, even if it is merely disliked and not prohibited.

(1) Ṣaḥīḥ bi-ghayrihi (sound due to corroborating evidence), and this chain is weak due to the weakness of Ṭālib ibn Ḥabīb, and there is disagreement over its chain of transmission.

It was also recorded by al-Bayhaqī, 3/117, via the author's path, with this chain.

It was recorded by al-Bazzār (483 — Zawāʾid) via the path of Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī: Ṭālib ibn Ḥabīb narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from his father, who said: Ḥazm ibn Abī Kaʿb ibn Abī al-Qayn passed by Muʿādh while he was praying the ʿAtamah prayer… and he mentioned it, and in it he mentioned "the sick" instead of "the traveler," and made the prayer the ʿAtamah prayer — that is, the ʿIshāʾ — and not the Maghrib. Al-Bazzār said: We do not know anyone among those who narrated from Jābir who named this man except Ibn Jābir.

We say: The mention of the ʿIshāʾ prayer is more correct, for the ḥadīth of Muʿādh has already preceded with a strong chain under no. 599, and with a sound chain under no. 790, and in both of them the prayer was the ʿIshāʾ. See the detailed discussion of this in the commentary on al-Musnad (14190).

His saying: "for behind you pray the elderly, the weak, and the one in need" — something similar to it came in the ḥadīth of Muʿādh in al-Bukhārī (702) and (703).

As for the traveler, the ḥadīth of ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim supports it, as recorded by ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad in his additions to al-Musnad (18261): he said: Whoever leads us in prayer, let him complete the bowing and prostration, for among us are the weak, the elderly, the sick, the wayfarer, and the one in need — thus we used to pray with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him — and its chain is sound. Moreover, his saying "the one in need" includes the traveler and others. =