Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1782
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَثَّامُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ إِذَا سَمِعَ الأَذَانَ وَيُخَفِّفُهُمَا . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ .
Ahmad ibn Nasr informed us; he said: ‘Amr ibn Muhammad narrated to us; he said: ‘Aththam ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; he said: al-A‘mash narrated to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray the two rak‘ahs of Fajr when he heard the call to prayer, and he would make them brief. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman said: ‘This hadith is munkar [a rejected or anomalous report].’
Translation notes
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ .
The Arabic records Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman’s assessment that the hadith is munkar; the English witness omits this critical grading.
Should this hadith grading be retained?