حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ زَکَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَی مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ إِلَی الْبَرَائِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَايَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ کَانَتْ سَوْدَائَ مُرَبَّعَةً مِنْ نَمِرَةٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَالْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ وَأَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ اسْمُهُ إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَرَوَی عَنْهُ أَيْضًا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَی
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1680
Narrated Yunus bin 'Ubaid: the freed salve of Muhammad bin Al-Qasim said: Muhammad bin Al-Qasim sent me to Al-Bara' bin 'Azib to ask him about the flag of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: 'It was a black square of Namirah.' [Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, Al-Harith bin Hassan, and Ibn 'Abbas. [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib, we don know know of it except from the report of Ibn Abi Za'idah. And Abu Ya'qub Ath-Thaqafi's name is Ishaq bin Ibrahim. 'Ubaidullah bin Musa also reports from him.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020