Continuation of the reading of the commentary with the Shaykh's annotations.

"Continuation of the reading of the commentary with the Shaykh's annotations"
The reader: "That was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, Abu Hurayrah, Anas, al-Hasan, and Nafi', the freed slave of Ibn 'Umar.
And likewise said 'Ikrimah, al-Hakam, 'Ata, al-Awza'i, and Abu Thawr. It ends there, and it is the saying of Abu Khaythamah, Zuhayr ibn Harb, and Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Hashimi. Isma'il ibn Sa'id al-Shalajji reported something similar from Ahmad, and al-Juwayzi preferred it.
In it is a marfu' hadith, from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, which al-Tirmidhi mentioned, explaining the weakness of its chain, and that Ahmad rejected it with the strongest rejection.
And in it is also, from 'A'ishah, and its chain is weak. And in it is also, from the mursal reports of Abu Qilabah, and its chain is weak.
And a group said: One comes to the Friday prayer from two farsakhs. Al-Nakha'i and Ishaq said this—Harb transmitted it from him—but they did not explicitly state that it is obligatory".

The Shaykh : It ends...?
The reader: There is one page of text remaining.

The Shaykh : What is in the athar of Anas?
The reader: It says: "Abd al-Razzaq narrated from Ma'mar from Thabit from Anas that there used to be three miles between him and Basra, and he would attend the Friday prayer in Basra. Al-Bukhari mentioned from him that sometimes he would not combine [the prayers].
And likewise it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that he was at al-Shajarah—which is Dhul Hulayfah—and sometimes he would combine [the prayers] and sometimes he would not. Both matters were narrated from him. And likewise Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who was in his palace at al-'Aqiq, so sometimes he would combine [the prayers] and sometimes he would not, and there were seven or eight miles between him and Madinah.
And likewise it was narrated from 'A'ishah bint Sa'd that her father used to do so. Al-Bukhari said".

The Shaykh : Why? What did al-Bukhari say?
The reader: Al-Bukhari said: The chain is new.

The Shaykh : From you?
The reader: It follows what comes after it, not what comes before it.

The Shaykh : Okay, and what does the second explanation say?
The reader: "And Anas, up to his saying:

does not combine

لا يجمع

Musaddad connected it in his large Musnad from Abu 'Awanah from Humayd with this.
And his saying:

combines

يجمع

means he prays Friday with those with him, or attends the Friday prayer at the Grand Mosque of Basra.
His saying:

And He

وهو

means: the palace. And al-Zawiyah is a well-known place in the open area of Basra, where a major battle took place between al-Hajjaj and Ibn al-Ash'ath.
Abu 'Ubayd al-Bakri said: It is with a kasrah on the waw, a place near Basra.
And his saying:

at two farsakhs

على فرسخين

means from Basra. And Ibn Abi Shaybah connected this from another route from Anas that he used to attend the Friday prayer from al-Zawiyah, which is two farsakhs from Basra. This refutes those who claimed that al-Zawiyah is a place in the Prophet's city where Anas had a palace two farsakhs from it, and the second possibility is more likely. And it is known by this that the aforementioned annotation is a compilation of two athars. And this is not contradicted by what Abd al-Razzaq narrated from Ma'mar from Thabit, who said: Anas used to be in his land, and there were three miles between him and Basra, and he would attend the Friday prayer in Basra. This is because three miles is one farsakh. Because he combines [the prayers] if the mentioned land is not the palace, and because Anas considered combining [the prayers] obligatory if he was at a farsakh, but did not consider it obligatory if it was more than that. For this reason, the option of choice mentioned in Humayd's narration did not appear in Thabit's narration".

The Shaykh : The apparent, and Allah knows best, is that he attends the Friday prayer, and sometimes he does not attend. As for him combining [the prayers] and establishing the Friday prayer in his palace, that is far-fetched, because it is not known that the Friday prayer was held in multiple places in any country of the Muslims except after two hundred years, I think... in thirty years or so. And on this basis, the meaning of his saying: is that he attends the Friday prayer.