Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28920

Hanad told us, Omar bin Harun told us, on the authority of Usama bin Zaid, on the authority of Amr bin Shuaib, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was He takes some of his beard, both its width and length. Abu Issa said: This is a strange hadith. And I heard Muhammad bin Ismail say: Omar Ibn Harun is close to the hadith. I do not know of a hadith whose chain of narration is not at all, or he said he is unique in it, except this hadith that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, had. He takes part of his beard, its width and length. We do not know him except from the hadith of Omar bin Harun, and I saw that he had a good opinion of Omar bin Aaron. Abu Issa said, “I heard Qutaybah say, ‘Umar ibn Harun was the author of hadith and he used to say that faith is word and deed.’ He said, ‘I heard Qutaibah, Waki` ibn al-Jarrah narrated to us, on the authority of a man, on the authority of Thawr ibn Yazid, that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, set up a catapult against the people of Al-Taif. Qutaibah said, “I said to Wakee’, ‘Who is this?’ Your friend Omar bin Harun said.