4173 - Mahmud ibn Khalid informed us, saying: Marwan ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn al-Ala ibn Zabr narrated to us, saying: Busr ibn Ubayd Allah narrated to me, from Abu Idris al-Khawlani, from Hassan ibn Abdullah al-Damri, from Abdullah ibn al-Sa'di, who said: We came as a delegation to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. My companions entered, and he attended to their needs. I was the last of them to enter, and he said: "What is your need?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, when will emigration cease? The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Emigration will not cease as long as the disbelievers are fought."(1)

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The compiler also narrated it in "al-Kubra" (8657) via the path of al-Walid ibn Sulayman, from Busr, from Ibn Muhayriz, from Abdullah ibn al-Sa'di, from Muhammad ibn Habib al-Misri — and it is said: al-Nasri — who said: We came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, among a group of people... and he mentioned it. The compiler said: This Muhammad ibn Habib is unknown to me.

Al-Mizzi said in "Tuhfat al-Ashraf" 6/403 (8975): No one mentioned Muhammad ibn Habib except al-Walid ibn Sulayman ibn Abi al-Sa'ib, and it is an error... and the rest of his statement may be consulted.

Ahmad (22324) also extracted it via the path of Ata al-Khurasani, from Ibn Muhayriz, from Abdullah ibn al-Sa'di, with it. Its chain is strong.

He also extracted the raised portion of it — with an additional section at the end — Ahmad (1671) via the path of Malik ibn Yakhamir, from Ibn al-Sa'di. Its chain is good.

Al-Sindi said: His statement "Emigration will not cease" means: leaving the land of war for the land of Islam for one who is in the land of war and embraces Islam there, for emigration here means: going forth from one's homeland for jihad. With these two interpretations, reconciliation becomes apparent between what was previously mentioned of the cessation of emigration and its continuance, and Allah knows best.

(1) A sound hadith. Hassan ibn Abdullah al-Damri — Abu Idris al-Khawlani was the sole narrator from him, and Ibn Hibban and al-Ajli declared him trustworthy, and Ibn Hajar followed them in declaring him trustworthy in his "Taqrib." However, the two hafizes al-Mizzi in "al-Tuhfah" 6/403 and al-Dhahabi in "al-Mizan" transmitted from the compiler his statement: He is not well-known.

Ibn al-Qattan declared him unknown in "Bayan al-Wahm wa al-Iham" 2/44. The rest of the chain's narrators are trustworthy. There is disagreement concerning him regarding Busr ibn Ubayd Allah, as was previously explained in the preceding narration. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (7748) and (8655).