Question

Is this reliable

أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: رَسْمُ الْمِدَادِ فِي ثَوْبِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا كَانَ يَكْتُبُ عِلْمًا كَالدَّمِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، وَلا يَزَالُ يَنَالُ بِهِ الأَجْرَ مَا دَامَ ذَلِكَ الْمِدَادُ فِي ثَوْبِهِ

مسند الربيع بن حبيب – رقم الحديث : 29

 

Answer

The source that you have cited is an unknown one. The authors who enlist the various collections of Hadith books have not made mention of such a kitab.

Furthermore, the traditional biographers of Hadith narrators and Hadith authors also don’t mention the author of the source in question.

Recent biographers mention him to be a Scholar of the Ibadi sect; a deviant group.

(Al-A’lam, vol.3 pg.14)

 

One should not read this book or quote from it.

 

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

 

Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

 

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar