O people, I wished that this man could have sufficed me in it, and not me

يا أيها الناس و لوددت أن هذا كفانيه غيري و لئن أخذتموني بسنة نبيكم صلى الله عليه و سلم ما أطيقها إن كان معصوما من الشيطان و إن كان لينزل عليه الوحي من السماء

O people, I wished that this man could have sufficed me in it, and not me. If you charge me with the Sunnah of your Nabi salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, I will not be able to for he was protected from shaitan and revelation from the sky was descending upon him.

Its isnad is da’if. Ahmed narrated it.^[1]

‘Isa ibn al Musayyab al Bajali is present in the isnad as noted by al Haythami.^[2]

Al Nasa’i labelled him da’if.^[3]
Ibn Abi Hatim said, “Da’if. Worthless.”^[4]
Al Daraqutni has opposing views on him. He listed him in al Du’afa’ wa al Matrukun^[5] but stated in al Sunan, “Salih al hadith (sound in hadith).”^[6]

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[1] Musnad Ahmed vol. 1 pg. 13.

[2] Majma’ al Zawa’id vol. 5 pg. 184.

[3] Al Du’afa’ wa al Matrukun Biography: 445.

[4] Al Jarh wa al Ta’dil vol. 6 pg. 288.

[5] Al Du’afa’ wa al Matrukun Biography: 417.

[6] Al Sunan vol. 1 pg. 63.

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