Discussion of the chains of narration of the hadiths of Abu Hurayrah and 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with them): (Whoever does not show mercy to our young ones and does not recognize the right of our elders is not one of us)

The Shaykh : He listed under this hadith many hadiths, all of which are valid, but they revolve around a single topic. The first hadith is from Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), who said: . This first hadith: , is like the hadith that follows it, except that the difference lies in the source of the hadith. The source of the first hadith is through the route of Abu Hurayrah, while the source of this second hadith is from another Companion, and his statement is: "From 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, it is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), who said: ." The third hadith is the same as the second hadith, but through another route to some of its narrators; it was also narrated from " 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, who said: It is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), similar to it." He did not quote the wording of the hadith in the second route of the second hadith, which is from the route and narration of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, and instead said "similar to it." The third hadith: that is, the fourth hadith, which is a third route for the second hadith, which is from the narration of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr. Here, he narrates it from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father from his grandfather. The grandfather intended here is the higher grandfather, not the closest one, because 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb narrates from his father Shu'ayb from his grandfather 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb. His lineage is as follows: 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As. If we refer the pronoun "his grandfather" to the grandfather who is closest to him, the hadith would be a marfu' hadith through the route of Muhammad, the father of Shu'ayb. And Muhammad, the father of Shu'ayb, is not a Companion, so the hadith would then be a mursal hadith. 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb does not have many or significant hadiths directly from his father from his grandfather, who is Muhammad. Rather, 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb generally narrates from his father Shu'ayb from his grandfather, who is not Muhammad, but 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As.
Here is the wording of this hadith from this route: : meaning that in meaning, the hadith is equal to the previous hadiths, except that there is a transposition in the wording, and this is not a serious matter.
The last hadith in this chapter is from another Companion, from Abu Umamah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: . Once we know these hadiths, we can make some comments; some of them relate to the terminology of hadith, and others are simple guidance and commentary. What relates to the terminology of hadith: In the hadith, in the second route from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, it says: "It is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), similar to it." "It is attributed to him" means: he raises it and attributes it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The benefit of knowing this term "it is attributed to him" is that it means: he raises it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If a hadith comes from a certain Companion and he says: "It is attributed to him" and mentions the wording, the meaning of "it is attributed to him" is that he raises it to the Messenger (peace be upon him), even if the Messenger is not mentioned explicitly. Here, it was stated explicitly; here it says: "It is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)." But sometimes the one to whom it is attributed, who is the Messenger, is not mentioned, and it is said: "From the Companion so-and-so, it is attributed to him," and that is it, and the text of the hadith is mentioned without explicitly mentioning the Messenger. This is an old convention, similar to a convention in the science of hadith terminology. For example, the hadith is divided into sections and various considerations. Among these sections are the marfu' hadith and the mawquf hadith: a marfu' hadith means it was said by the Messenger, and a mawquf hadith means it was not said by the Messenger. This is a convention. So when an author says in a hadith: "Al-Bukhari narrated from Ibn 'Umar, marfu', so-and-so," the word "marfu'" is equivalent to "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said." Similarly, in the past, they used to say "a hadith attributed to him" instead of "marfu'." For example: "From so-and-so from Abu Hurayrah, it is attributed to him, so-and-so." The text is mentioned, but the Messenger is not mentioned at all. So "it is attributed to him" is equivalent to "marfu'," meaning attributed to the Messenger (peace be upon him). This means that people, since ancient times, have had conventions, and these conventions benefit them in terms of brevity in conveying knowledge and bringing it closer to people's minds. So this is a terminological issue here: "It is attributed to him" means: he raises it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The second terminological issue: It says: "It is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), similar to it." The wording was not mentioned. Sometimes we find them saying "as he said here, similar to it." Sometimes we find them saying "like it." What is the difference between "similar to it" and "like it"? We must know these terms if we want to truly become students of knowledge, not just hear this lesson and then the next lesson and say "Allah is sufficient for the believers in fighting." No, we must broaden our culture, circulate the books of the people of knowledge in our hands, read them, be aware of them, and understand them. Such a phrase may come from Abu Hurayrah: "It is attributed to him, so-and-so." What does "it is attributed to him" mean? This is a convention meaning: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said. It is like the convention "From Abu Hurayrah, marfu'." The Messenger is not mentioned at all. What does "marfu'" mean? It means attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). "It is attributed to him" means the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). So his statement here: "Similar to it." Sometimes they say "like it." What is the difference between the two words? If they say "similar to it," they mean the same context, the same wording. But if they say "like it," they mean the meaning, not the wording. If we see in a book that so-and-so said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said so-and-so," and then from so-and-so, "similar to it," it means the same wording. But if it says from so-and-so, "like it," it is not with the same wording, but with the meaning. In this case, it is not permissible for us to take the wording attributed to the first Companion and attribute it ourselves to the second Companion, when it was said in his hadith "like the first." In this case, it is not correct to attribute the first wording to him, except in the case of "similar to it." If it says from the second Companion "similar to it," it is possible to attribute the same first wording to the second Companion. But if it says "like it," it is not correct to attribute the wording to him, but rather we say the meaning. This is what relates to the terminology, the terminology of hadith.