حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَرِيفٍ الْکُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ وَالشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَی عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُکَيْمٍ قَالَ أَتَانَا کِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنْ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَيُرْوَی عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُکَيْمٍ عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ لَهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ وَلَيْسَ الْعَمَلُ عَلَی هَذَا عِنْدَ أَکْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُکَيْمٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتَانَا کِتَابُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِشَهْرَيْنِ قَالَ و سَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ يَقُولُ کَانَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَی هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لِمَا ذُکِرَ فِيهِ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِشَهْرَيْنِ وَکَانَ يَقُولُ کَانَ هَذَا آخِرَ أَمْرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ تَرَکَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ لَمَّا اضْطَرَبُوا فِي إِسْنَادِهِ حَيْثُ رَوَی بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُکَيْمٍ عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ لَهُمْ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1729
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim: A letter came from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'Do not use the skins of dead animals, nor tendons.' [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan. This Hadith has been related to 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim from some Shuyukh of his, and this is not acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge. And this Hadith has been related from 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim, that he said: A letter came to us from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two months before he died. He said: I heart Ahmad bin Al-Hasan saying: Ahmad bin Hanbal followed this Hadith due to it mentioning that it was two months before he (ﷺ) died. Then Ahmad left this Hadith because of their Idtirab in its chain, since some of them reported it, saying: 'From 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim from some Shuyukh of his from Juhainah.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020