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حدثنا عُقْبَةُ بن مُكْرَمٍ الْعَمِّيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حدثنا عبد اللّٰهِ بن عِيسَي الخزاز الْبَصْرِيُّ عن يُونُسَ بن عُبَيْدٍ عن الْحَسَنِ عن أَنَسِ بن مَالِكٍ قال قال رسول اللّٰهِ  صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم  إِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ لَتُطْفِئُ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ وَتَدْفَعُ عن مِيتَةِ السُّوءِ قال أبو عِيسَي هذا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ من هذا الْوَجْهِ

Anas ibn Malik stated that God’s Messenger said: “Indeed, charity pacifies the anger of God and averts awful death.”1

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative’s variants:

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Īsa ibn Khalid al-Khazzaz is da‘if.2

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أبو يعقوب يوسف بن يعقوب بن عبد الوهاب جرجاني حدثنا أحمد بن سعيد الخندقي حدثنا أبو يعقوب يوسف بن محمد بن عبد الوهاب حدثنا أحمد بن يوسف حدثنا إبراهيم بن موسي الفراء حدثنا عيسي بن يونس عن يحيى بن عبيد اللّٰه قال سمعت أبي يحدث عن أبي هريرة عن النبي  صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم  إن الصدقة تمنع ميتة السوء وبإسناده سواء إن الصدقة لتقع في يد الله قبل أن تقع في يد السائل

Abu Hurayrah stated that God’s Messenger said: “Indeed, charity averts awful death.”3

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative’s variants:

Yahya ibn ‘Ubaydullah al-Timi is matruk.4

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حدثنا عبد اللّٰهِ حدثني أبي ثنا عبد الرَّزَّاقِ قال أنا مَعْمَرٌ عن عُثْمَانَ بن زُفَرَ عن بَعْضِ بني رَافِعِ بن مُكَيْثٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ مَكِيثٍ5 وكان مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ أَنَّ النبي  صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم  قال حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ نَمَاءٌ وَسُوءُ الْخُلُقِ شُؤْمٌ وَالْبِرُّ زِيَادَةٌ في الْعُمُرِ وَالصَّدَقَةُ تَمْنَعُ ميته السَّوْءِ

Rafi‘ ibn Makith stated who was among those present in Hudaybiyah reported that the Prophet said: “Good conduct has the ability to grow, evil conduct is bad luck, piety increases a person’s age and charity wards of awful death.”6

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative’s variants:

The person who narrates from Rafi‘ ibn Makith is unknown.

The variant in which al-Harith ibn Rafi‘ ibn Makith reports from Muhammad (sws) is mursal.7

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عبد الرحمن بن يونس قال أخبرنا محمد بن إسماعيل بن أبي فديك قال حدثني محمد بن عثمان عن أبيه أن حارثة بن النعمان …فيقول سمعت رسول اللّٰه  صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم  يقول إن مناولة المسكين تقي ميتة السوء

‘Uthman reports that Harithah ibn al-Nu‘man … said: “I have heard God’s Messenger say: ‘Indeed, giving to the needy averts awful death.’”8

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative’s variants:

Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman is unidentifiable. Thus no authority states that Muhammad ibn Isma‘il ibn Muslim ibn Abi Fudayk narrates from Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman.9

Perhaps it is because of this that al-Haythami after citing this narrative says that there is narrator in it which he does not know.10

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1. Al-Tirmidhi, Sunan, vol. 3, 52, (no. 664). See also: Al-Maqdisi, Al-Ahadith al-mukhtarah, vol. 5, 218, (no. 1847); Ibid., vol. 5, 219-220, (no. 1848); Ibn Hibban, Sahih, vol. 8, 103, (no. 3309); Al-Haythami, Mawarid al-ẓam’an, vol. 1, 209, (no. 816); Ibn ‘Adi, Al-Kamil, vol. 4, 251-252; Ibn ‘Asakir, Tarikh Madinah Dimashq, vol. 8, 322-323; Abu Nu‘aym al-Asbahani, Tarikh Asbahan, vol. 2, 55, (no. 1066); Al-Bayhaqi, Shu‘ab al-iman, vol. 3, 213, (no. 3351); Kamal al-Din ‘Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Jaradah, Bughyah al-talab fi tarikh Halab, vol. 4 (Beirut: Dar al-fikr, n.d.), 1554.

2. Ibn Hajar, Taqrib, 317.

3. Abu al-Qasim Hamzah ibn Yusuf al-Jurjani, Tarikh Jurjan, 3rd ed., vol. 1 (Beirut: ‘Alim al-kitab, 1401 AH), 495, (no. 1005). See also: Al-Rafi‘i, Al-Tadwin fi akhbar al-Qawin, vol. 3, 191; Abu ‘Abdullah al-Quda‘i, Musnad Shihab, vol. 1, 91, (no. 98).

4. Ibn Hajar, Taqrib, 594.

5. The words in bold are not found in the extant copies of Musnad Ahmad. They have been inserted from: Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hajar, Itraf al-Musnad al-mu‘tali bi atraf al-musnad al-Hanbali, vol. 2 (Dimashq: Dar Ibn Kathir, n.d.), 338.

6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 3, 502, (no. 16123). See also: Ahmad ibn ‘Amr al-Shaybani, Al-Ahad wa al-mathani, vol. 5, 25, (no. 2562); Ibn ‘Asakir, Tarikh Madinah Dimashq, vol. 18, 20; Ibid., vol. 38, 357; ‘Abd al-Razzaq, Musannaf, vol. 11, 131, (no. 20118); Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu‘jam al-kabir, vol. 5, 17, (no. 4451); Al-Bayhaqi, Shu‘ab al-iman, vol. 6, 243, (no. 8019); Ibid., vol. 6, 375, (no. 8576); Al-Duri, Tarikh Yahya ibn Ma‘in, vol. 3, 255, (no. 1204). Abu Ya‘la, Musnad, vol. 3, 113, (no. 1544); Al-Quda‘i, Musnad al-Shihab, vol. 1, 170, (no. 244); Abu Da’ud, Musnad, vol. 4, 341, (no. 5162); Ibid., vol. 4, 341, (no. 5163). It may be noted that Abu Ya‘la, al-Quda‘i and Abu Da’ud do not mention the phrase “charity averts awful death.”

7. Ibn Hajar, Taqrib, 146.

8. Ibn Sa‘d, Al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 3, 488. See also: Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu‘jam al-kabir, vol. 3, 228, (no. 3228); Ibid., vol. 3, 230, (no. 3233); Al-Haythami, Majma‘a al-zawa’id, vol. 3, 112; Al-Bayhaqi, Shu‘ab al-iman, vol. 3, 253, (no. 3463); Ibn al-Jawzi, Al-Muntaẓim, vol. 5, 246.

9. See, for example: Al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, vol. 24, 486; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, vol. 9, 52; Ibn Hibban, Al-Thiqat, vol. 9, 42.

10. Al-Haythami, Majma‘a al-zawa’id, vol. 3, 112.