Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 230
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ، قَالَ أَخَذَ زِيَادُ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ بِيَدِي وَنَحْنُ بِالرَّقَّةِ فَقَامَ بِي عَلَى شَيْخٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ وَابِصَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ فَقَالَ زِيَادٌ حَدَّثَنِي هَذَا الشَّيْخُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً صَلَّى خَلْفَ الصَّفِّ وَحْدَهُ وَالشَّيْخُ يَسْمَعُ فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُعِيدَ الصَّلاَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ وَابِصَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَقَدْ كَرِهَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرَّجُلُ خَلْفَ الصَّفِّ وَحْدَهُ وَقَالُوا يُعِيدُ إِذَا صَلَّى خَلْفَ الصَّفِّ وَحْدَهُ . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَقَدْ قَالَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يُجْزِئُهُ إِذَا صَلَّى خَلْفَ الصَّفِّ وَحْدَهُ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ . وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَى حَدِيثِ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ أَيْضًا قَالُوا مَنْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ الصَّفِّ وَحْدَهُ يُعِيدُ . مِنْهُمْ حَمَّادُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ وَابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى وَوَكِيعٌ . وَرَوَى حَدِيثَ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِثْلَ رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ . وَفِي حَدِيثِ حُصَيْنٍ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ هِلاَلاً قَدْ أَدْرَكَ وَابِصَةَ وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْحَدِيثِ فِي هَذَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ حَدِيثُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ أَصَحُّ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ حَدِيثُ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ أَصَحُّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا عِنْدِي أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَدِيثِ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ وَابِصَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Husayn, from Hilal ibn Yasaf, who said: Ziyad ibn Abi al-Ja‘d took me by the hand while we were in al-Raqqah and brought me to an elder named Wabisah ibn Ma‘bad of Banu Asad. Ziyad said: ‘This elder told me that a man prayed alone behind the row, and the Messenger of Allah ordered him to repeat the prayer.’ The elder was present and listening.
Reports on this subject are also related from Ali ibn Shayban and Ibn Abbas. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Wabisah is hasan. Some scholars disliked a man praying alone behind a row and said he must repeat the prayer; this was the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. Other scholars held that it suffices. This was the view of Sufyan al-Thawri, Ibn al-Mubarak, and al-Shafi‘i. Some scholars of Kufa also followed the hadith of Wabisah, holding that whoever prays alone behind the row must repeat it; among them were Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, Ibn Abi Layla, and Waki. More than one transmitter narrated the hadith of Husayn from Hilal ibn Yasaf as Abu al-Ahwas narrated it: from Ziyad ibn Abi al-Ja‘d, from Wabisah ibn Ma‘bad. The hadith of Husayn indicates that Hilal met Wabisah. Hadith scholars differed: some considered more sound the report of Amr ibn Murrah, from Hilal ibn Yasaf, from Amr ibn Rashid, from Wabisah ibn Ma‘bad; others considered more sound the report of Husayn, from Hilal ibn Yasaf, from Ziyad ibn Abi al-Ja‘d, from Wabisah ibn Ma‘bad. Abu Isa said: In my view, this is more sound than the hadith of Amr ibn Murrah, because it has also been narrated through transmitters other than Hilal ibn Yasaf from Ziyad ibn Abi al-Ja‘d, from Wabisah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This lengthy commentary records both legal disagreement about praying alone behind the row and hadith critics’ disagreement over two chains; the compiler prefers the route through Ziyad.
وَفِي حَدِيثِ حُصَيْنٍ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ هِلاَلاً قَدْ أَدْرَكَ وَابِصَةَ وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْحَدِيثِ فِي هَذَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ حَدِيثُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ وَابِصَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ أَصَحُّ .
The source reports two competing chains and then states Abu Isa's preference for the route through Ziyad.
Are the two transmission routes and the compiler preference easy to distinguish?