Accordingly, Hab?b’s narration has more right to be preponderated and taken into consideration than that of Abiz Zubair. Besides, Abuz Zubair is one of the narrators the narrations of whom only Im?m Muslim narrated -as reported in “Tahth?but Tahth?b” (vol. 9 / p. 390).

In addition to all that, the narrations Abuz Zubair narrated from Sa‘?d Ibn Jubair differed in their wordings; some mention “journey” - as the one narrated by Qurrah which suuports the one narrated by Abiz Zubair from Abit Tufail, and others mention “at Mad?nah”- as many narrators narrated it from him [Abiz Zubair] from Sa‘?d. (1)

According to the previous discussion, the preponderated narration is the one that states: “ ... without being in a state of fear nor was the weather rainy”. The narration which mentions ‘at Mad?nah” supports this since stating “without being in a journey” is a repetition that is useless unlike the statement “nor was the weather rainy”; which includes an extra information. Pay heed to this. This was strongly affirmed by Shaikhul Isl?m Ibn Taymiyyah. (2)

The apparent meaning of the had?th indicates that the combination between Salaw?t the prophet ( - ) used to practice was in residence. Ibn Abb?s’s use for this had?th as a hard evidence against the man who denied such combination supports this. Abdull?h Ibn Shaq?q relates the argument that took place between them as follow:

‘Once Ibn ‘Abb?s delivered a speech in Al-Basrah in the afternoon till the sun set and stars appeared. People started reminding him of the Sal?t and then a man from Ban? Tam?m insisted that Ibn ‘Abb?s do the [Maghrib] Sal?t.

Ibn ‘Abb?s then said: ‘Are you teaching me the Sunnah, may your mother loose you’. Then he continued: ‘Indeed, I saw the prophet ( - ) combine between Thuhr and ‘Asr Salaw?t and Mghrib and ‘Ish?’ Salaw?t’.