The hadith of Umm Farwah is not narrated except through the narration of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī, and he is not considered strong by the scholars of hadith. They differed concerning this hadith, and Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd criticized him with regard to his memory.

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It was also recorded by al-Bayhaqī 7/132–133 via the route of Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī and Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Firyābī, both from Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd, with this chain of transmission.

It was also recorded by Aḥmad and his son ʿAbdullāh in al-Musnad (828), and from Aḥmad's narration it was recorded by al-Ḥākim 2/162–163 via Hārūn ibn Maʿrūf, from ʿAbdullāh ibn Wahb, with it. In al-Ḥākim's narration, "Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jumaḥī" appears in place of "Saʿīd ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Juhanī." Al-Ḥāfiẓ said in al-Talkhīṣ 1/186: This is among his egregious errors. Ibn Ḥibbān mentioned him in al-Ḍuʿafāʾ 1/323 and said: Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Jumaḥī!

The portion concerning the funeral procession alone was recorded by Ibn Mājah (1486) via Ḥarmalah ibn Yaḥyā, from Ibn Wahb, with it.

This hadith will appear again, repeated in both chain and text, at the author's number (1098).

"Al-Ayyim": the woman who has no husband, whether she is a virgin or previously married, whether divorced or widowed. From al-Nihāyah 1/85.

/ Note: In the edition of Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir, after this hadith there appears an addition: "Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a ḥasan gharīb hadith." However, this wording does not appear in any of our relied-upon manuscript copies, nor in the commentaries of Ibn Sayyid al-Nās and al-Mubārakfūrī, nor did al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Mizzī transmit it from him in al-Tuḥfah 7/437. Moreover, his declaring it ḥasan here contradicts his statement in the second place, number (1098): "A gharīb hadith, and I do not consider its chain to be connected." And Allāh knows best.

(1) Al-Tirmidhī's assertion that the hadith is not narrated except through the narration of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī is subject to scrutiny, for he has been followed, as we have clarified in al-Musnad (27103).

(2) His statement: "Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd criticized him with regard to his memory" — we have established it from (L) and the margins of (A) and (B), and it does not appear in the remaining sources.