19 - Chapter: What has been reported about a man who embraces Islam at the hands of another man

2245 - Abu Kurayb narrated to us, saying: Abu Usamah, Ibn Numayr, and Waki' narrated to us, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, from 'Abdullah ibn Mawhab — and some of them said: from 'Abdullah ibn Wahb — from Tamim al-Dari, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: What is the Sunnah regarding a man from the people of polytheism who embraces Islam at the hands of a Muslim man? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "He is the most entitled of people to his life and his death."(1)

This is a hadith that we do not know except from the narration of 'Abdullah ibn Wahb — and it is said: Ibn Mawhab — from Tamim al-Dari. Some of them inserted Qabisah ibn Dhu'ayb(2) between 'Abdullah ibn Mawhab and Tamim al-Dari. Yahya ibn Hamzah narrated it from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Umar and added in it: Qabisah ibn Dhu'ayb.

In my view, it is not continuous (muttasil). Acting upon this hadith is the position of some of the people of knowledge.

And some of them said: His inheritance is placed in the public treasury (bayt al-mal). This is the saying of—

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(1) Weak (da'if). It was recorded by Ibn Majah (2752), al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (6411, 6412, 6413), and it is in al-Musnad (16944).
It was also recorded by Abu Dawud (2918) via the chain of Yahya ibn Hamzah al-Hadrami, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, from 'Abdullah ibn Mawhab, from Qabisah ibn Dhu'ayb, from Tamim al-Dari — the hadith. Yahya alone included the addition of Qabisah between Ibn Mawhab and Tamim al-Dari. See the full discussion of it in al-Musnad (16944).
(2) Added in the printed edition: "and it is not authentic (la yasihh)," but it is not found in any of our manuscript sources.