Question

I would like to know the grading of this Hadith:

Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) has recorded a narration which indicates that Mu’awiyah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) accepted Islam before The Conquest of Makkah. Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) says, ‘I trimmed the hair of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) at Marwah’.

(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 4 pg. 97)

Answer

Imams Abu Dawud and Ahmad (rahimahumallah) have recorded this narration.

(Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith:  1798-1799 with slight variation in the wording and Musnad Ahmad, vol. 4 pg. 97)

 

The narrators are all reliable. In fact, the chain of narrators in Musnad Ahmad is the exact same chain that appears in Sahih Bukhari with the exception of one narrator i.e. The teacher of Imam Bukhari and Imam Ahmad (rahimahumallah).

(Refer: Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 1730. Also see: Fathul Bari, Hadith: 1730, vol. 3 pg. 565/566)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

 

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

 

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar