The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 45
I - Early Sources of Sīrat & Islāmic History 45 1 Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal (161 A. H. – 241 A. H. ) ُ ٌ یُقَلِّب َ كَذَّاب ھُو َ الْحَدِیْث Wāqidī is a liar of the highest order; he presents distorted narrations. 2 Abū Aḥmad ‘Abdullāh bin Muḥammad Al- Ma‘rūf bi ibn ‘Adiyy (277 A. H. – 365 A. H. ) ٍ اَحَادِیْثُه ٗ غَیْر ُ مَحْفُوْظَة ُ وَالْبَلَاء ُ مِنْه The narrations of Wāqidī are not worthy of trust, and this flaw is a product of his own soul. 3 Abū Ḥāṭim Muḥammad bin Idrīs ( 195 A. H. – 277 A. H. ) َ یَضَع ُ الْحَدِیْث Wāqidī would innovate and present fabricated Aḥādīth. 4 ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh bin Ja‘far Al-Ma‘rūf bi ibnil-Madīnī (161 A. H. – 224 A. H. ) َ لَا ُ الْحَدِیْث یَضَع ٍ اَرْضَاہ ُ فِی ْ شَئ Wāqidī would produce fabricated narrations. In my opinion, from every aspect, he is unworthy of reliance. 5 Imām ‘Alī bin Muḥammad Dār Quṭnī (306 A. H. – 385) ٌ فِیْه ِ ضُعْف The narrations of Wāqidī are weak. 6 Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm Al- Ma‘rūf bi ibn Rāhwaih (161 A. H. – 238 A. H. ) ُ ھُو َ عِنْدِی ْ مِمَّن ْ یَضَع َ الْحَدِیْث In my opinion, Wāqidī is among those who forge narrations. 1 7 Imām Bukhārī (194 A. H. – 256 A. H. ) ِ مَتْرُوْك ُ الْحَدِیْث Wāqidī is not capable enough that a narration be taken from. 1 1 Mīzānul-I‘itidāl fī Naqdir-Rijāl, By Ḥāfiẓ Shams-ud-Dīn Abū ‘Abdullāh Muḥammad bin Aḥmad Adh- Dhahabī, Volume 3, Ḥarful-Mīm, “Muḥammad bin ‘Umar bin Wāqid Aslamī”, pp. 110-111, Maṭba‘us- Sa‘ādah Miṣr, First Edition (1325 A. H. )