[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ besieged the people of Taif and set up catapults against them for seventeen days. Abu Qilabah said that this hadith was rejected. The sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said that it seems that he rejected it because the chain of narration is not known, and it is possible that he only rejected their use of catapults on that day. Abu Dawud narrated in al-Marasil from Abu Salih from Abu Ishaq al-Fazari from al-Awza'i from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir that he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ besieged them for a month." I asked, "Did he throw catapults at them?" He denied it and said, "This is not known." The sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said that this was how Yahya said it, that he did not know about it, but others claimed that he did know about it. Abu Dawud narrated in al-Marasil from Muhammad ibn Bashshar from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Sufyan from Thawr from Mak'hul that the Prophet ﷺ set up catapults against the people of Taif. Al-Shafi'i also mentioned it in al-Qadim 18121. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad informed us of this hadith. Abu al-Husayn al-Fasawi narrated it to him from Abu Ali al-Lu'lu'i from Abu Dawud, and they both mentioned it. Al-Waqidi also mentioned it from his shuyukh, as did Mak'hul, and he claimed that Salmaan al-Farsi indicated it. Al-Shafi'i also mentioned in al-Qadim a hadith of Ibn al-Mubarak from Musa ibn Ali from his father that Amr ibn al-As set up a catapult against the people of Alexandria.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَاصَرَ أَهْلَ الطَّائِفِ وَنَصَبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنْجَنِيقَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ وَكَانَ يُنْكَرُ عَلَيْهِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فَكَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُنْكَرُ عَلَيْهِ وَصْلُ إِسْنَادِهِ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَنْكَرَ رَمْيَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِالْمَجَانِيقِ فَقَدْ رَوَى أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي الْمَرَاسِيلِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَاصَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا قُلْتُ فَبَلَغَكَ أَنَّهُ رَمَاهُمْ بِالْمَجَانِيقِ؟ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ مَا يُعْرَفُ هَذَا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ كَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهُ وَزَعَمَ غَيْرُهُ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ رَوَى أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي الْمَرَاسِيلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَصَبَ الْمَجَانِيقَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي الْقَدِيمِ 18121 أَخْبَرَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ الْفَسَوِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ اللُّؤْلُؤِيُّ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ فَذَكَرَهُمَا وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ الْوَاقِدِيُّ عَنْ شُيُوخِهِ كَمَا ذَكَرَهُ مَكْحُولٌ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ الَّذِي أَشَارَ بِهِ سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ وَذَكَرَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي الْقَدِيمِ حَدِيثَ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ نَصَبَ الْمَنْجَنِيقَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ