Sunan Abu Dawood 690

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمَدِينِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ،‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ جَدِّهِ حُرَيْثٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عُذْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ الْخَطِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ سُفْيَانُ:‏‏‏‏ لَمْ نَجِدْ شَيْئًا نَشُدُّ بِهِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَلَمْ يَجِئْ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهُمْ يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ فَتَفَكَّرَ سَاعَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا أَحْفَظُ إِلَّا أَبَا مُحَمَّدِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ سُفْيَانُ:‏‏‏‏ قَدِمَ هَاهُنَا رَجُلٌ بَعْدَ مَا مَاتَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ فَطَلَبَ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ حَتَّى وَجَدَهُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ فَخَلَطَ عَلَيْهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد، ‏‏‏‏‏‏سَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ سُئِلَ عَنْ وَصْفِ الْخَطِّ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هَكَذَا عَرْضًا مِثْلَ الْهِلَالِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وسَمِعْت مُسَدَّدًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ ابْنُ دَاوُدَ:‏‏‏‏ الْخَطُّ بِالطُّولِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ وسَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ وَصَفَ الْخَطَّ غير مرة، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فقال هكذا يعني بالعرض حورا دورا مثل الهلال، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يعني منعطفا

This tradition has also been reported by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. Abu Hurairah reported: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: . . . . . . He then narrated the tradition about drawing the line. Sufyan said: We did not find anything by which we could reinforce this tradition, and this has been narrated only through this chain. He (Ali bin al-Madini, a narrator) said: I said to Sufyan: There is a difference of opinion of the name (Abu Muhammad bin Amr). He pondered for a moment and then said: I do not remember except Abu Muhammad bin Amr Sufyan said: A man had come to Kufah after the death of Ismail bin Umayyah ; he was seeking Abu Muhammad until he found him. He asked him (about this tradition) but he became confused. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal who was questioned many times how the line should be drawn. He replied: In this way. horizontally like crescent. Abu Dawud said: I heard Musaddad say: Ibn Dawud said: The line should be drawn perpendicularly. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal describing many times how the line should be drawn. He said: In this way horizontally in the round semi-circular form like the crescent, that is (the line should be) a curve.