Weak narrations: When The Gazelle Spoke to the Prophet (ﷺ)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

On the authority of Anas ibn Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) passed by a group of people who had hunted a female gazelle and tied her to the pole of a tent.

She said: “O Messenger of Allāh, I have given birth to two young fawns; seek permission for me to nurse them, and then I will return.”

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “Release her until she comes to her two fawns, nurses them, and returns to you.”

They said: “And who will guarantee that for us, O Messenger of Allāh?” He said: “I [will].”

So they released her, and she went and nursed [them], then returned to them, and they bound her tightly. He said: “Will you sell her?” They said: “O Messenger of Allāh, she is yours.” So they let her go and set her free, and she left.

(Collected by al-Tabarānī in al-Awsat 5547 via:

Muhammad ibn ‘Uthmān ibn Abī Shaybah > Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ibn Maymūn > ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Hilāl al-Juʿfī > Sālih al-Marrī > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas)

Al-Haythamī said: “In (the chain) is Sālih al-Marrī and he is weak”. (Majma’ #14101)

Sālih al-Marrī: Ibn Maʿīn said: “Weak”; and [also] said, “He is nothing.” Ibn al-Madīnī, al-Fallās, and al-Nasāʾī declared him weak, and [al-Nasāʾī] said on one occasion: “Abandoned.” Al-Bukhārī said: “His hadīths are rejected [munkar].” Al-Jawzajānī said: “He was a judge, feeble in hadīth.”

‘Abdul-Karīm ibn Hilāl: Al-Dhahabī said: “I don’t know who he is.” Al-‘Azdī said: “Weak”.

Published by أبو زكريا عيسى الألباني

BSc (Hons) Microbiology | Qur'ān | Sunnah |

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