62 - Marking the Sacrificial Animals

2771 - Muhammad ibn Abd al-A'la informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn Thawr narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from Urwa, from al-Miswar ibn Makhrama, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, set out. Another chain: And Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim informed us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwa, from al-Miswar ibn Makhrama and Marwan ibn al-Hakam, who both said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, set out at the time of al-Hudaybiyya with over one thousand three hundred of his companions. When they reached Dhu al-Hulayfa, he garlanded the sacrificial animals, marked them, and entered the state of ihram for Umra. (Abridged.)

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Al-Bukhari also recorded it following (1810), and al-Tirmidhi in abridged form (942), via Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, from Ma'mar, with the same chain. It has also preceded earlier via Yunus, from al-Zuhri, with the same chain.

(1) Both chains are sound, except that the narration of al-Miswar and Marwan is mursal — as al-Hafiz mentioned in "al-Fath" 5/313 — because Marwan's hearing from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is not established, nor does he have Companionship. As for al-Miswar, his hearing from him is established, but he only came with his father while still young after the Conquest, and this incident occurred two years before that. Al-Miswar and Marwan explicitly stated that they heard this story from the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the narration of al-Bukhari (2711). Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim is al-Dawraqi, Yahya ibn Sa'id is al-Qattan, Ma'mar is Ibn Rashid, al-Zuhri is Muhammad ibn Muslim, and Urwa is Ibn al-Zubayr. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3737), and under number (8789) from Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi in a longer version containing the account of the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyya.

Abu Dawud recorded it in extended form (2765) and (4655) from Muhammad ibn Ubayd, from Muhammad ibn Thawr, with the first chain, and the second narration contains a portion of the account of the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyya.

Ahmad recorded it (18929) from Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, with the second chain, mentioning a portion of the story of al-Hudaybiyya.

Al-Bukhari recorded it (1694) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, with the same chain.

Ahmad recorded it (18920) and (18928), and Ibn Hibban (4872) via Abd al-Razzaq, from Ma'mar, with the same chain. Both the second narration of Ahmad and that of Ibn Hibban are extended versions.