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Re: Ibn Masu'ds Narration Of Group Dhikr

Q: (abulhasan1390)
 I am wondering if anyone can present Ibn al Jawzi's chain and tell us 
 the status of all the narrators within it? Is it actually an 
 authentic chain or not is the upshot?

A:
Here is the chain as given in the edition of al-Sabbagh (p. 196-197 no. 45):

Ibn al-Jawzi said:

{Yahya ibn Thabit ibn Bundar [sama`uhu sahih - Siyar 20:506] informed us
[anba'ana]: My father [thiqa - Siyar 19:204] reported to us [akhbarana]:
al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn ibn Duma [claimed sama` he had not actually heard
according to al-Khatib] reported to us: Makhlad ibn Ja`far al-Baqarhi
[once thiqa but claimed sama` in his old age] reported to us: al-Hasan
ibn `Ali al-Qattan [Ibn `Alluya, thiqa] reported to us: Isma`il ibn `Isa
al-`Attar [thiqa acc. to al-Khatib] reported to us: Abu Hudhayfa Ishaq
ibn Bishr al-Qurashi [discarded acc. to Muslim and al-Daraqutni]
reported to us}*: Ja`far ibn al-Harith [weak though some said thiqa]
said: From Shahr ibn Hawshab [saduq]:

"Abu al-Darda' entered the mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis one day...."

(*) From Yahya to Ishaq: this chain is relied upon by the Hanbali
Maqadisa of Damascus such as Ibn Qudama, `Abd al-Wahid and `Abd al-Ghani
al-Maqdisi in their works.

The chain is very weak because of Abu Hudhayfa Ishaq ibn Bishr
al-Qurashi al-Bukhari, and Allah Most High knows best.

Note: Ibn Hibban in his Majruhin (1: 135-137 no. 59) confuses the latter
with the forger Ishaq ibn Bishr al-Kahili cf. al-Halabi, al-Kashf
al-Hathith (p. 64 no. 121).


GF Haddad
2009-03-19