(1) Ibn Hibban even declared that this narrator used to fabricate traditions in the name of Anas ibn Malik, and Ibn Yunus said: “He claimed to report from Anas, but he lied.” Al-Hakim (3/86) produced the hadith through the chain of Jami ibn Thawab: “Abd Allah ibn Busr, a Companion of the Prophet, related that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Glad tidings to the one who sees me; glad tidings to the one who sees someone who has seen me; and to the one who sees someone who has seen someone who has seen me and believes in me.’” Al-Hakim commented: “Similar isnads go back to Anas ibn Malik, and the soundest of them is the one just cited.” Al-Dhahabi retorted: “Jami is weak.” I add: Jami is not alone in transmitting it; others corroborate him. Al-Diya al-Maqdisi recorded it in al-Ahadith al-mukhtara (fol. 113/2) via Abu Ya‘la and al-Tabarani, both through Baqiyya. Al-Tabarani’s wording is: “Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Urq al-Yahsabi told us, from Abd Allah ibn Busr…”. This chain is acceptable for corroboration and thus strengthens the report; see Majma‘ 10/67. Further reports on the topic exist: from Ibn ‘Umar in the Musnad of al-Tayalisi (no. 1845) with the wording, “Glad tidings to the one who sees me and believes in me; glad tidings three times to the one who never saw me yet believes in me”—its chain contains al-‘Umari, who is weak. Supporting narrations also come from: • Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, transmitted by Duraj → Abu al-Haytham, recorded by Ahmad (3/71), Ibn Hibban (no. 2302) and al-Khatib, Tarikh (4/91); • Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Juhani, in Ahmad (4/152) with a sound chain; • Abu Umama, in Ahmad (5/248, 257, 264); • Anas, in Ahmad (3/155) with the wording, “Glad tidings to the one who believes in me and sees me once; glad tidings seven times to the one who believes in me without seeing me.” Taken together, these corroborations render the hadith authentic. (*) Ansab 6/115-117; al-Muntazam 10/219; al-Kamil 11/323; al-Lubab 2/52.