[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , that he said: "Loyalty is like a piece of flesh." It was narrated to us by Imam Abu Uthman, through Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Al-Fadl ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah, through his grandfather, through Al-Ziyadi, through Yahya ibn Sulaim, who mentioned it. This is a third difference from what Yahya ibn Sulaim mentioned, and he was weak in memory and made many mistakes. Allah knows best. The scholar, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "It was also narrated about this from Abdullah ibn Nafi' through two chains, and there is disagreement about it from Yahya ibn Abi Unaysah, through Al-Zuhri, through Saeed ibn Al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurairah, as a statement attributed to the Prophet, ﷺ . However, there is no reliable source for Al-Zuhri in this regard, and Yahya ibn Abi Unaysah is weak in narration in one instance. This statement is only narrated as Mursal (a type of Hadith without a complete chain of narrators) as we have mentioned, and it is also narrated from others besides the Prophet, ﷺ ."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْوَلَاءُ لُحْمَةٌ كَالنَّسَبِ 21439 أَخْبَرَنَاهُ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ ثنا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا جَدِّي ثنا الزِّيَادِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ فَذَكَرَهُ وَهَذَا اخْتِلَافٌ ثَالِثٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ وَكَانَ سَيِّئَ الْحِفْظِ كَثِيرَ الْخَطَأِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَرُوِيَ فِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ بِإِسْنَادَيْنِ وَهِمَ فِيهِمَا وَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِمَا عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ مَرْفُوعًا وَلَيْسَ لِلزُّهْرِيِّ فِيهِ أَصْلٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ ضَعِيفٌ بِمَرَّةٍ وَإِنَّمَا يُرْوَى هَذَا اللَّفْظُ مُرْسَلًا كَمَا قَدَّمْنَا ذِكْرَهُ وَيُرْوَى عَمَّنْ دُونَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ