Hadeeth is Da`eef (weak) - Names of Prophets and their Successors (عليهم السلام)

I wanted to make a separate post on the hadeeth that is on the blog titled "Names of Prophets and Their Successors". My initial look at the hadeeth and the matn was that, yes there was a majhool narrator, but I didn’t see other problems in the isnaad. After a brother brought it to my attention, and after more research, this hadeeth has to be classed as being da`eef. I will provide the reasoning to this grading, inshaa’Allaah.

This hadeeth is da`eef (weak) for many reasons.

                               1.)    Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan is majhool (unknown)

                               2.)   This hadeeth is Mursal (disconnected)

1.)    Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan is Majhool meaning that there is no clear-cut tawtheeq (authentification) for him. The only thing that is said about Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan from Shee`ah Rijaal books is that he was either a Zaydee Batriyyah (See: Rijaal Al-Toosi, pg. 146; Al-Kashee's Rijaal, pg. 390; Al-Khoei's Mu`jam, vol. 18, pg. 311, person # 12603) or an `Aamee (Sunni) (See: Rijaal Al-Barqee, pg. 46)

2.)   This hadeeth is mursal (disconnected) because Al-Hasan bin MaHboob is saying that he got this hadeeth DIRECTLY from Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan. This is very problematic, as you will see.

Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan died in the year 150:

مات سنة خمسين ومائة
“He died in the year 150”
Source:

1.       Ibn Hajr, Taqreeb Al-Tahdheeb, pg. 545, person # 6868

أن مقاتلا مات في سنة خمسين ومئة
“That Muqaatil died in the year 150”

Source:

1.       Al-Mizzee, Tahdheeb Al-Kamaal, vol. 28, pg. 450, person # 6161

Al-Hasan bin MaHboob died in the year 224 and was 75 years old:

و مات الحسن بن محبوب في آخر سنة أربع و عشرين و مائتين و كان من أبناء خمس و سبعين سنة
“And Al-Hasan bin MaHboob died in the end of the year 224, and was 75 years old.”

Source:

1.       Al-Kashee, Ikhtiyaar Ma`aarifah Al-Rijaal, pg. 585, # 1094

مات سنة أربع و عشرين و مائتين عن خمس و سبعين سنة

“He died in the year 224 and was 75 years old”

Source:

1.       Ibn Dawood , Rijaal, pg. 116, person # 449

مات سنة أربع و عشرين و مائتين 
“He died in the year 224”

Source:

1.       Ibn Dawood , Rijaal, pg. 116, person # 449

2.      Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 37, person # 1

If Al-Hasan bin MaHboob died 75 years old in the year 224, this means that he was born in the year 149. While, Muqaatil bin Sulayman died in the year 150. If this is true, then Al-Hasan bin MaHboob got this narration while he was one year old, an infant, which is impossible. By the methodologies of science of hadeeth, this will make the hadeeth mursal (disconnected), because there has to be a waasiTa (middle man) in between Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan and Al-Hasan bin MaHboob.

Since Muqaatil bin Sulaymaan is already majhool (unknown) and now we have this big question mark as to who is in between Muqaatil and Al-Hasan bin MaHboob, this puts the hadeeth into some major problem, making the hadeeth really da`eef  (weak). The person in between Muqaatil and Ibn MaHboob can be anyone, which is a reason why we must desist in taking any sort of beliefs or acting upon this narration.

May Allaah forgive me for narrating  and relying on this weak hadeeth. Aameen.