Name:
الأحوص بن حكيم بن عمير و هو : عمرو بن الأسود ، العنسى و يقال الهمدانى ، الحمصى و قيل الدمشقى ( و الصحيح أنه حمصى )
Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem bin Umayr and he is: Amr bin al-Aswad, al-Anasi, and it is said: Al-Hamdaani, al-Himsi, and it is said: Ad-Dimashqi (but the most authentic saying is that he is Himsi)
Tabaqah:
Narrated by:
Teachers: Anas bin Maalik (radiallah anhu), Hakeem bin Umayr, Raashid bin Sa’d, Tawoos bin Kaysaan, Abdul A’la bin Adee, Abdul Hakeem bin Jaabir, Abdul Malik bin Abdul Azeez bin Jurayj, Abu az-Zaahiriyyah and others.
Students: Baqiyyah bin al-Waleed, Al-Jarraah bin Mulayh, Hammaad bin Usaamah, Zuhayr bin Mu’aawiyah, Sufyaan bin Uyaynah, Salamah bin Rajaa, Eesa bin Yoonus, Abu Mu’aawiyah Muhammad bin Haazim ad-Dareer, Marwaan bin Mu’aawiyah al-Fazaari, Al-Waleed bin Qaasim al-Hamdaani, and others
Status:
Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:
Those who criticized him:
1-
“وأما يحيى فلم يرو عَنِ الأحوص”
“As for Yahya (bin Sa’eed al-Qattaan), he would not narrate from Al-Ahwas”
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2-
«ليس بشيء»
“He is nothing”
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In the narration of Ibn Tahmaan, he said:
“لَيْسَ بِثِقَة وَلَا مَأْمُون”
“He is neither Thiqah nor Ma’moon”
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“ضعيف لا يسوى حديثه شيئًا”
“He is Da’eef; his hadeeth equates to nothing”
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At another place, he said:
“الأحوص بن حكيم واه”
“Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem is worthless”
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At another place, he said:
“لا يروى حديثه، يرفع الأحاديث إلى النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم -”
“Do not narrate his hadeeth; he attributes narrations to the Prophet (peace be upon him).”
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“الأحوص بن حكيم ليس بقوي، منكر الحديث، وكان ابن عيينة يقدم الأحوص على ثور في الحديث فغلط ابن عيينة في تقديم الأحوص على ثور، ثور صدوق، والاحوص منكر الحديث”
“Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem is not strong, Munkar ul-Hadeeth; Ibn Uyaynah used to prefer him over Thawr in Hadeeth; thus Ibn Uyaynah erred in preferring him over Thawr, for Thawr is truthful while Al-Ahwas is Munkar ul-Hadeeth”
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“وَحَدِيثُهُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ”
“And his hadeeth is not strong”
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“الأحوص بن حكيم ليس بالقوي في الحديث”
“Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem is not strong in Hadeeth”
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“ضَعِيف شَامي”
“He is Da’eef; Shaami”
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“يَرْوِي الْمَنَاكِير عَن الْمَشَاهِير وَكَانَ ينتقص عَلِي بْن أَبِي طَالِب تَركه يَحْيَى الْقَطَّان وَغَيره”
“He narrated Munkar narrations from the famous narrators; he used to ridicule Ali bin Abi Taalib; Yahya al-Qattaan and others have abandoned him”
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Later he said:
“وَاهٍ لَا يَشْتَغِلُ بِرِوَايَتِهِ”
“He is worthless, do not waste time with his narration”
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At another place, he said:
“لَا يعْتَبر بروايته”
“His narration is relied upon”
[Ath-Thiqaat (5/131)]
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“وَهو مِمَّنْ يُكْتَبُ حَدِيثُهُ وَقَدْ حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الثقات مثل بن عُيَينة وَعِيسَى بْنُ يُونُس وَمَرْوَانُ الْفَزَارِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُمْ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ شَيْءٌ مُنْكَرٌ إِلا أَنَّهُ يأتي بأسانيد، لاَ يُتَابَعُ عَليها”
“And he is among those whose narrations are written down (for Mutaabi’ah), certainly a group of reliable people have narrated from him such as Ibn Uyaynah, Eesa bin Yoonus, Marwaan al-Fazaari, and others; and there is nothing, in which he has narrated, anything Munkar except that he comes up with chains which are not followed.”
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At another place, while commenting on a hadeeth, Imaam Ibn Adee said:
“وَرَوَاهُ الأَحْوَصُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ مَعَ ضَعْفِهِ عَنْ...”
“And it is narrated by Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem, despite his weakness, from….”
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“يعتبر به إذا حدث عنه ثقة”
“He is relied upon (in Mutaabi’aat) if the one narrating from him is Thiqah”
[Su’aalaat al-Barqaani (1/16)]
At another place, he said:
“منكر الحديث”
“He is Munkar ul-Hadeeth”
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“قَالَ عَليّ بن الْمَدِينِيّ لَا يكْتب حَدِيثه”
“Ali bin al-Madeeni said: Do not write his narration”
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“وَهُوَ سَاقِطٌ”
“And he is Saaqit”
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At another place, he said:
“لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ”
“He is nothing”
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“ضعف”
“Weak”
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17-
“وَهُوَ ضَعِيف”
“And he is Da’eef”
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“وَضَعَّفَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ”
“And he is weakened by Jumhoor”
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“ضعيف الحفظ”
“He has weak memory”
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“هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ ضَعِيفٌ لِضَعْفِ الْأَحْوَصِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ”
“This chain is weak due to the weakness of Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem”
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“الأَحْوَصُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ مَتْرُوكٌ”
“Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem is Matrook”
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22- According to Mughaltaai al-Hanafi, Imaam Ibn al-Jaarood and Abu Al-Arab al-Qayrawaani have also mentioned Al-Ahwas in their books of Ad-Du’afa (weak narrators).
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Those who praised him:
1-
“"كَانَ ابْن عيينة يفضل الأحوص على ثور فِي الحديث
“(Sufyaan) Ibn Uyaynah used to prefer Al-Ahwas over Thawr in Hadeeth”
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At another place, Imaam Sufyaan Ibn Uyaynah said:
“وكان ثقة”
“He was Thiqah”
[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (2/297), Chain Saheeh]
2-
“والأحوص بن حكيم ثقة”
“And al-Ahwas bin Hakeem is Thiqah”
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3-
“شَامي لَا بَأْس بِهِ”
“He is a Shaami; there is nothing wrong in him”
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4-
«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ، وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»
“The chain of this hadeeth is Saheeh, and it is not narrated by them.”
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Conclusion:
Al-Ahwas bin Hakeem is Da’eef, Munkar ul-Hadeeth.
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