Note / Clarification: In the handwritten manuscripts this name has been corrupted and written as "Ubaydullah bin Umar".

Note / Clarification: The wording between the square brackets had dropped out of the handwritten manuscripts; we took it from the narration of al-Nasa'i and added it.

Grading: This hadith is "sahih" without the mention of "hirabah" (brigandage/armed rebellion). All the narrators of this chain are trustworthy (thiqah).
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Ibrahim bin Tahman is "alone" (munfarid), in narrating from Abd al-Aziz bin Rufay', in mentioning "hirabah" in it. Although Ibrahim is trustworthy, he has some solitary narrations (afrad), as Ibn Hibban mentioned in "al-Thiqat" (6/27). There is also disagreement from Ibrahim bin Tahman in its chain, as we mentioned under the earlier narration (no. 8239). "Abu Amir al-Aqadi" is "Abd al-Malik bin Amr al-Qaysi".

Reference / Source: Al-Nasa'i (3497) narrated it from Abbas al-Duri, from Abu Amir al-Aqadi, with this same chain.

Reference / Source: Abu Dawud (4353), al-Tahawi in "Sharh al-Mushkil" (1800) and al-Daraqutni in his "Sunan" (3087) narrated it through the route of Muhammad bin Sinan; al-Nasa'i (6919) through the route of Hafs bin Abdullah; Abu Nu'aym in "al-Hilyah" (9/15) through the route of Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi; and al-Bayhaqi (8/283) through the route of Muhammad bin Sabiq. All four narrate this report from Ibrahim bin Tahman.

Technical note / Defect ('illah): Ibrahim bin Tahman is "alone" in narrating it with this wording. The "preserved" (mahfuz) wording in the hadith of A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) is what Amr bin Ghalib narrated from her (which passed at no. 8237), what Masruq narrated from her in the two narrations following it, and what al-Aswad narrated from her, transmitted by Ahmad (after 25475), Muslim (after 1676/26), al-Nasa'i (after 3465) and Ibn Hibban (after 4407) through the route of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i from al-Aswad.

Corroborating chains and supporting reports: This (preserved wording) also agrees with the hadith of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) which passed at no. (8226), and with the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) which we mentioned there on this topic.

General principle: For this reason al-Jassas said in "Ahkam al-Qur'an" (2/512): "If it is said that Ibrahim bin Tahman narrated from Abd al-Aziz bin Rufay', from Ubayd bin Umayr, from A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): 'The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except in one of three cases: adultery after being married; a man who kills a man and is killed in retaliation for him; and a man who goes out waging war against Allah and His Messenger, who is to be killed, crucified or banished from the land', the reply will be: This hadith has been narrated through sound routes (wujuh sihah) which do not mention the killing of the 'muharib' (one who wages war). Uthman and Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it does not mention the killing of the muharib. The correct version is the one that does not mention it, because the apostate is in any case deserving of death by agreement."

Reference / Source: This narration has already passed at no. (8122) through the route of Abu Hudhayfah Musa bin Mas'ud al-Nahdi, from Ibrahim bin Tahman, and there the author (al-Hakim) did not mention "hirabah" in it.