33 - Chapter on the Testimony of the People of the Book, Some of Them Against Others

2374 - Muhammad ibn Tarif narrated to us, Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us, from Mujalid, from 'Amir, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, permitted the testimony of the People of the Book, some of them against others. (1)

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= 6/2149, and al-Hakim 4/98, and al-Khatib in "Tarikh Baghdad" 2/403, and al-Bayhaqi 10/122, via the path of Muhammad ibn al-Furat, with this chain of transmission.

And al-Tabarani narrated it in "al-Awsat" (8367), and Abu Nu'aym in "al-Hilya" 7/264, via the path of Mis'ar ibn Kidam, from Muharib ibn Dithar, with it. However, in its chain of transmission to Mis'ar, there is Khalaf ibn Khalifa, who is confused (mukhtalit), and Muhammad ibn Khalid, who is weak.

And al-Khatib narrated it in "Tarikh Baghdad" 11/63, and al-Saymari in "Akhbar Abi Hanifa" p. 77, via the path of al-Hasan ibn Ziyad al-Lu'lu'i, from Abu Hanifa, from Muharib ibn Dithar, with it. This chain of transmission is the best of the paths of this hadith, and al-Hasan ibn Ziyad was declared weak by the scholars of hadith.

(1) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the weakness of Mujalid — and he is Ibn Sa'id al-Hamdani — and Abu Khalid al-Ahmar — whose name is Sulayman ibn Hayyan — was contradicted, for others narrated it from Mujalid, from al-Sha'bi, from Shurayh, as a mawquf (stopped at a Companion) narration, and that is the correct version, as al-Bayhaqi said 10/166. 'Amir: he is al-Sha'bi. And al-Bayhaqi narrated it 10/165 and 165-166 via two paths from Abu Khalid al-Ahmar, with this chain of transmission.

And al-Bayhaqi narrated it 10/166 via the path of 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad, from Mujalid. And via the path of Khalid ibn 'Abdullah ibn Dawud, both of them (Mujalid and Khalid) from al-Sha'bi, from Shurayh, as a mawquf narration.

And 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated it (10230), and Ibn Abi Shayba 7/207, via the path of Yahya ibn Waththab, from Shurayh, as a mawquf narration.