Sunan Ibn Majah 2612

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Hammad ibn Salamah reported to us. Muhammad ibn Yahya reported to us: Sulayman ibn Harb reported to us. Harun ibn Hayyan informed us: Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Mughirah reported to us. All three routes converge at Hammad ibn Salamah, from Aqil ibn Talhah al-Sulami, from Muslim ibn Haytham, from al-Ashath ibn Qays, who said: I came with a delegation from Kindah to the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace). They did not consider me their best, so I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, are you not from among us?’ He replied, ‘We are the descendants of Nadr ibn Kinanah: we do not attribute ourselves to our mothers, nor do we disavow our fathers.’ Al-Ashath ibn Qays used to say, ‘If a man who disavowed a Qurashi man’s descent from Nadr ibn Kinanah were brought to me, I would carry out the prescribed punishment on him.’