Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2697
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَهْرَامَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ شَهْرَ بْنَ حَوْشَبٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ يَزِيدَ، تُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرَّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَوْمًا وَعُصْبَةٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ قُعُودٌ فَأَلْوَى بِيَدِهِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ وَأَشَارَ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بِيَدِهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ لاَ بَأْسَ بِحَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ . وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ شَهْرٌ حَسَنُ الْحَدِيثِ وَقَوَّى أَمْرَهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ثُمَّ رَوَى عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ . أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْمَصَاحِفِيُّ بَلْخِيٌّ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ قَالَ إِنَّ شَهْرًا نَزَكُوهُ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ النَّضْرُ تَرَكُوهُ أَىْ طَعَنُوا فِيهِ وَإِنَّمَا طَعَنُوا فِيهِ لأَنَّهُ وَلِيَ أَمْرَ السُّلْطَانِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Asma’ bint Yazid reported: One day, Allah’s Messenger passed through the mosque while a group of women were sitting there. He gestured to them with his hand in greeting. ‘Abd al-Hamid, one of the narrators, demonstrated the gesture with his hand.
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. Ahmad ibn Hanbal said there was no problem with the hadith of ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Bahram from Shahr ibn Hawshab. Muhammad ibn Isma‘il said: Shahr’s hadith is good; he considered him reliable and said that only Ibn ‘Awn had spoken critically of him. Muhammad then narrated from Hilal ibn Abi Zaynab, from Shahr ibn Hawshab. Abu Dawud al-Masahifi al-Balkhi informed us: al-Nadr ibn Shumayl reported from Ibn ‘Awn that Shahr had been criticized. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadr explained that they had abandoned him—that is, they had criticized him—and they criticized him only because he had held an official position for the ruler.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source records differing assessments of Shahr ibn Hawshab and an explanation that criticism arose from his service in government. The supplied English witness omits all these comments; they are included here.