646 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Abu Ishaq al-Kufi, from al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, that the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the front row, and the mu'adhdhin is forgiven to the extent of his voice, and every moist and dry thing that hears him confirms him, and he receives the like of the reward of those who pray with him."

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And what occurs in Ahmad (9328): "Abu 'Uthman" instead of "Abu Yahya," and this is an error, as its editors have noted.

Also recorded by Ahmad (7611) via the chain of Ma'mar, from Mansur, from 'Abbad ibn Unays, from Abu Hurayrah, with the wording: "Indeed, the mu'adhdhin is forgiven to the extent of his voice, and every moist and dry thing that hears him confirms him, and the one present with him has twenty-five degrees." Abu Zur'ah mentioned that Ma'mar's narration is a mistake, and that the correct version is the narration of Jarir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid, from Mansur, from Yahya ibn 'Abbad, from 'Ata', a man from the people of Madinah, from Abu Hurayrah, as a mawquf report. See "Ilal" of al-Razi (555) 1/194, and "Ilal" of al-Daraqutni 4/268.

His statement in Ahmad's narration: "and the one present with him" — meaning: the one who attended the prayer upon his call to prayer, i.e., on account of his call to prayer. Al-Sindi said this, as found in the margins of the "Musnad."

(1) In the margin of (K): madda. (variant copy).

(2) The hadith is authentic except for his statement: "and he receives the like of the reward of those who pray with him," and this chain is weak due to its discontinuity. Qatadah — who is Ibn Di'amah al-Sadusi — is a mudallis, and he did not explicitly state that he heard it from Abu Ishaq, who is al-Sabi'i. Moreover, the companions of Abu Ishaq narrated part of it from him, from Talhah ibn Musarrif, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awsajah, from al-Bara', so two narrators fell out of Qatadah's chain, as Ibn 'Adi mentioned in "al-Kamil" in the biography of Mu'adh ibn Hisham al-Dastuwa'i, and Ibn Abi Hatim also mentioned this in "al-'Ilal" 1/145 (404) from his father. The hadith is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1622).

Also recorded by Ahmad (18506) from 'Ali ibn al-Madini, and 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad (18507) in his additions to the "Musnad" from 'Ubaydullah al-Qawariri, both from Mu'adh ibn Hisham, with this chain.

His statement: "Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the front row" will come via the chain of Mansur ibn al-Mu'tamir, from Talhah ibn Musarrif, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awsajah, from al-Bara', under number (811), and its chain is authentic. =