Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Re: Al-Zubayr under the blanket ?! [ Al-Mustadrak narration 5618 ]

 Question: Is this an authentic hadith?

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on a cold morning. I came to him while he was with one of his wives under the blanket.He pulled me under it… and we became THREE."— Narrated by Al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwam 
Source:Al-Mustadrak ‘ala al-Sahihayn by Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Part: 4, Page: 442, Hadith No.: 5618
 

Answer:

Praise be to Allah, in Al-Mustadrak ‘ala al-Sahihayn , we read:
 
The Book of Knowledge about the Companions (May Allah Be Pleased with Them) – Mentioning the Virtues of the Disciple (Hawari) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ – Talhah and al-Zubayr Are Neighbors of the Prophet ﷺ in Paradise

كتاب معرفة الصحابة رضي الله تعالى عنهم - ذكر مناقب حواري رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم - طلحة والزبير جارا النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم في الجنة


5610 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْقَزَّازُ ، ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ ، ثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : " . " أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَدَاةٍ بَارِدَةٍ ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ مَعَ بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فِي لِحَافِهِ ، فَأَدْخَلَنِي فِي اللِّحَافِ فَصِرْنَا ثَلَاثَةً . " هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ ، وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ " .

"Narrated to us by Abu al-‘Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub,
who narrated from Muhammad ibn Sinan al-Qazzaz,
who narrated from Ishaq ibn Idris,
who narrated from Muhammad ibn Khazim,
who narrated from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah,
from his father,
from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr,
from his father (al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwam), who said:

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on a cold morning. I came to him while he was with one of his wives under his blanket, and he pulled me into the blanket—so we became three."

Al-Hakim said: This hadith has a sound chain of narration (sahih al-isnad), and it was not recorded by al-Bukhari or Muslim."

 
 Here is the chain of transmission of this narration:

The narration is weak and not authentic in its chain, as all its transmission paths revolve around Ishaq ibn Idris al-Aswari, and he is a liar, accused of fabricating hadiths.

We read in Lisan al-Mizan by Ibn Hajar, may Allah have mercy on him, Volume 1, under the letter Alif:

[1088] Ishaq ibn Idris al-Aswari al-Basri, Abu Ya‘qub, narrated from Hammam and Aban, and from him ‘Umar ibn Shabbah and Ibn al-Muthanna.

  • Ibn al-Madini abandoned him.

  • Abu Zur‘ah said: He is weak (wahī).

  • Al-Bukhari said: People abandoned him.

  • Al-Daraqutni said: His hadith is munkar (rejected).

  • Yahya ibn Ma‘in said: He is a liar who fabricates hadith. End of quote.

  • Abu Hatim said: He is weak in hadith.

  • Ibn Hibban said: He used to steal hadiths.

  • Al-Bazzar reported from Yahya ibn Ma‘in: His hadith should not be written, but did not clarify Yahya’s exact words.

  • Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna said: He is very weak in hadith.

  • Al-Nasa’i said: A Basran narrator, abandoned (matruk).

  • Ibn ‘Adi said: He has narrations, but he leans toward weakness.


Also, Al-Haythami, may Allah have mercy on him, declared the hadith weak in Majma‘ al-Zawa’id, Volume 9, Book of Virtues, Chapter: The Virtues of al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him):

"In its chain is Ishaq ibn Idris, and he is matruk (abandoned)."


As for al-Hakim’s grading of the narration as authentic, it is not to be relied upon, as he is known for being lenient in authenticating narrations.

We read in al-Majmu‘ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab by al-Nawawi, Volume 1, Book of Purification, (after citing one of al-Hakim’s hadiths):

وأنكروا ذلك على الحاكم وهو معروف عندهم بالتساهل في التصحيح

"Al-Hakim mentioned it in al-Mustadrak and said: 'It is authentic according to the conditions of Muslim', but this was objected to by the scholars, for al-Hakim is known for being lenient in authentication... as is well-established among the experts in this field."

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وُسِئِلَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَنْ حديثٍ رَوَاهُ إسحاقُ بنُ إِدْرِيسَ الأَسْواري ، عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِير ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُروَة، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عن عبد الله بْنِ الزُّبير، عَنِ الزُّبير؛ قَالَ: بعثَني رسولُ الله (ص) فِي حاجَةٍ فِي يومٍ باردٍ، فجئتُ ، فأدخلَني فِي لِحافِه؟

Abu Zur'ah was asked about a hadith narrated by Isḥāq ibn Idrīs al-Aswari, through Abū Muʿāwiya al-Dharīr, from Ḥishām ibn ʿUrwa, from his father, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, from al-Zubayr; he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent me on an errand on a cold day, so I came, and he wrapped me in his blanket."


The Response:

قَالَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ: لا أعلمُ هَذَا الحديثَ رَوَاهُ غَيرُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنُ إدريس، وإسحاقُ وَاهٍ في هذا الحديث.

Abu Zur'ah said: "I do not know this hadith narrated by anyone other than Isḥāq ibn Idrīs, and Isḥāq is weak (واهي, wāhī ) in this hadith."

[book of Al-Ilal by Ibn Abī Hātim]

Shaykh al-Albani, may Allah have mercy on him, declared this hadith weak and judged it to be fabricated (mawdu‘) in Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da‘ifah, Volume 6.

Conclusion: 

The narration is not authentic due to the presence of a severely weak and discredited narrator (Ishaq ibn Idris al-Aswari). Hence, it cannot be used as reliable evidence for any religious or historical conclusion.

 

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