Sunan Abi Dawud 4317 · Project Hadith

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حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، عن محمد بن جعفر، عن شعبة: «ك ف ر»

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Sunan Abi Dawud, vol. 4, p. 116, no. 4317. Not yet checked against the printed edition.

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Chain of narratorsBy year of death

أبو داودCompiler · Identified · d. 275 AH
Identified
Named by the text itself.
Who
سليمان بن الأشعث بن إسحاق بن بشير بن شداد بن عمرو بن عمران ، وقيل : سليمان بن الأشعث بن بشر بن شداد ، وقيل : سليمان بن الأشعث بن شداد بن عمرو بن عامر
d. 275 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- The compiler of the work.
حدثنا · ḥaddathanā, “he narrated to us”
محمد بن المثنىProposed match · d. 250–252 AH
Proposed match
The importer's suggestion, not yet confirmed by a scholar.
Proposed identity
محمد بن المثنى بن عبيد بن قيس بن دينار
d. 250–252 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- Only Itqan profile 532 carries the name form 'محمد بن المثني'.
What the critics say
- ثقة ثبتReliable, with emphasis · Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, p. 505, entry 6264 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- الحافظal-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 214, entry 5134 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- ثقة ورعReliable · al-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 214, entry 5134 · not yet checked against the printed edition
These are said of the proposed identity, which a scholar has not yet confirmed.
عن · ʿan, “from”
محمد بن جعفرTwo or more candidates · d. 192–194 or 203–204 AH
Two or more candidates
More than one narrator fits this name. None is chosen.
Candidates
- محمد بن جعفر d. 192–194 AH
- محمد بن بكر بن عثمان d. 203–204 AH
عن · ʿan, “from”
شعبةProposed match · d. 160 AH
Proposed match
The importer's suggestion, not yet confirmed by a scholar.
Proposed identity
شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد
d. 160 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- 8 Itqan profiles carry the name form 'شعبه'. This one's recorded teachers and students include a neighbour in this chain. The identity rests on that link, so the link is not independent evidence of continuity.
Other candidates considered
- شعبة بن دينار no death date
- سعيد بن أبي عروبة : مهران d. 150–157 AH
- شعيب بن الحبحاب d. 130–131 AH
- شعبة no death date
- شعيب بن الليث بن سعد بن عبد الرحمن d. 180–199 AH
- شعبة بن دينار no death date
- شعبة d. 111 AH
What the critics say
- ثقة حافظ متقن كان الثوري يقول هو أمير المؤمنين في الحديث وهو أول من فتش بالعراق عن الرجال وذب عن السنة وكان عابداReliable, with emphasis · Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, p. 266, entry 2790 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- الحافظal-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 485, entry 2278 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- من ألفي حديثal-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 485, entry 2278 · not yet checked against the printed edition
These are said of the proposed identity, which a scholar has not yet confirmed.

Names are as the text writes them; Latin-script names are not in the data yet (OPEN-33). Open a name to see who it may be and what the critics say.

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محمد بن جعفر: more than one narrator fits, so the links around this name are not checked.
أبو داود from محمد بن المثنى: no biographical source loaded lists this teacher and student.

Combined rating: The ruleset and vocabularies are drafts awaiting the client's scholars. (OPEN-15)

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