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وَحَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَا وَحَمْزَةُ الزَّيَّاتُ مِنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ نَحْوًا مِنْ أَلْفِ حَدِيثٍ. قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَلَقِيتُ حَمْزَةَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَنَامِ، فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبَانَ، فَمَا عَرَفَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا شَيْئًا يَسِيرًا خَمْسَةً أَوْ سِتَّةً.
Translation: Suwayd b. Saʿīd reports ʿAlī b. Mushir’s statement that he and Ḥamzah al-Zayyāt heard about a thousand reports from Abān. Later, Ḥamzah told ʿAlī of a dream in which he presented those reports to the Prophet and only five or six were recognized.

This is a report of someone’s dream, not an observable chain-critical test. Its correct attribution is a dream narrated by Ḥamzah, not direct waking approval or rejection from the Prophet.

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Abān’s Reports and the Dream Account

Narrator Criticism: Corruption, Concealed Sources and Chronological Testing

وَحَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَا وَحَمْزَةُ الزَّيَّاتُ مِنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ نَحْوًا مِنْ أَلْفِ حَدِيثٍ. قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَلَقِيتُ حَمْزَةَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَنَامِ، فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبَانَ، فَمَا عَرَفَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا شَيْئًا يَسِيرًا خَمْسَةً أَوْ سِتَّةً.
Translation: Suwayd b. Saʿīd reports ʿAlī b. Mushir’s statement that he and Ḥamzah al-Zayyāt heard about a thousand reports from Abān. Later, Ḥamzah told ʿAlī of a dream in which he presented those reports to the Prophet and only five or six were recognized.

This is a report of someone’s dream, not an observable chain-critical test. Its correct attribution is a dream narrated by Ḥamzah, not direct waking approval or rejection from the Prophet.