Hims, and it weighed heavily on them.
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿAmīrah al-Muzanī then said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to Muʿāwiyah: ‘O Allah, make him a guide, one who is himself guided, and guide others through him.’ (1)
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd related: Maḥmūd ibn Khālid narrated to us; al-Walīd and ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid narrated from Saʿīd, from Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd, from Abū Idrīs, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿAmīrah:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to Muʿāwiyah: ‘O Allah, make him a guide, one who is himself guided, and guide others through him.’ (2)
ʿAmr ibn Wāqid, from Yūnus ibn Ḥalbas, from Abū Idrīs, reported:
“When ʿUmar removed ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd from Hims and appointed Muʿāwiyah, people spoke about the matter. ʿUmayr said, ‘Mention Muʿāwiyah only with good, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “O Allah, guide through him.” (3)’
It was also transmitted (4) by al-Dhuhlī, from al-Nufaylī, from him.
Hishām ibn ʿAmmār said: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Walīd ibn Sulaymān (5) narrated to us; I heard my father say, “When ʿUmar appointed Muʿāwiyah, people objected, saying, ‘He has appointed someone still young.’ He replied, ‘Do you reproach me while I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “O Allah, make him a guide, one who is himself guided, and guide others through him.” (6)’ ”
This chain is broken.