Muḥammad ibn Abī Muḥammad al-Anṣārī () was a freed slave of Zayd ibn Thabit, a companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. He is known as a Hadith narrator. However, he is considered Majhul (unknown) by most scholars.

Biography Little is known about Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad. It is known that he was a freed slave of Zayd ibn Thabit, a famous companion of the Prophet Muhammad. He is known as a Hadith narrator, but only Ibn Ishaq is known to have narrated from him.

He is not to be confused with Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, who is sometimes also called Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad al-Madani.

Ruling The general ruling on Muhammad is that he is Majhul, meaning unknown.

Al-Dhahabi: Unknown (Majhul)

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: Unknown (Majhul) Ibn Hibban: Trustworthy (Thiqah) However, Ibn Hibban considered all narrators that are unknown to be trustworthy, as long as a trustworthy person narrates from him.

List of narrated Hadith Many of Muhammad's narrations can be found in Ibn Ishaqs Sirat Rasul Allah. Among others, some Hadith narrated by Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad are:

Narrated by Ibn Abbas: When the Apostle of Allah had victory over Quraish in the Battle of Badr and came to Medina he gathered the Jews in the market of Banu Qainuqa and said “O community of Jews embrace Islam before you suffer an injury as the Quraish suffered.” They said “Muhammad, you should not deceive yourself (taking pride) that you had killed a few persons of the Quariash who were inexperienced and did not know how to fight. Had you fought with us, you would have known us. You have never met people like us.” Allah Most High revealed about this the following verse: “Say to those who reject faith, soon will ye be vanished... one army was fighting in the cause of Allah, the other resisting Allah".

Narrated by Ibn Abbas: Salam bin Mishkam, Nuaman bin Awfa, Shas bin Qays, and Malik bin al-Sayf came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "How can we follow you, when you have abandoned our qiblah, and you do not claim that Uzair is the son of Allah?” So Allah revealed about their statement: "The Jews said that Uzair is the son of Allah and the Christians said that the Messiah is the son of Allah" up to: "How are they deluded?"

Both of these Hadith have the following chain: Ibn Abbas → Sa'id ibn Jubayr (or Ikrimah al-Barbari) → Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad → Ibn Ishaq.

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References

Bibliography Q. Surat Al Imran 3:12–13 Sunan Abi Dawud 3001 Q. Surat al-Tawbah 9:30 Tafsir al-Tabari on Q. 9:30 (in Arabic)