Abu ʿAbd Allah Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Salam al-Tamimi and Ahmad ibn Hibat Allah informed us, saying:
“Umm al-Muʾayyad Zaynab bint ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Shaʿriyyah granted us authorisation. Ahmad added, ‘ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muhammad al-Bazzaz also informed us.’ They continued:
Zahir ibn Tahir al-Mustamli informed us; Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Khinzarudi informed us; Abu Ahmad the ḥāfiẓ informed us; ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUthman al-ʿUthmani in Baghdad narrated to us; ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Taymi narrated to me; Abu Suhayl Nafiʿ ibn Malik, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab, from Saʿd, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke about them, saying: ‘This is al-ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib—Quraysh’s most open-handed man and the foremost in upholding kinship ties.’ ”
Al-Nasaʾi also recorded it (1) through Humayd ibn Zanjawayh, on the authority of ʿAli.
Abu al-Faḍl Ahmad ibn Hibat Allah informed us; Abu al-Hasan al-Muʾayyad ibn Muhammad transmitted to us in his book; Hibat Allah ibn Sahl al-Suddi informed us; Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman informed us; Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Hakim informed us; Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Wasiti in Baghdad narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah—meaning Ibn ʿImran al-ʿAbidi—narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Saʿd, from Ibn Shihab, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Allah is more overjoyed at the repentance of His servant than one of you would be at finding his lost camel in a deadly desert where he feared dying of thirst.’ ” (2)