Abu Nuʿaym al-Kūfī said, “Hammād died in the year 120 AH.”
I add: he passed away in the prime of middle age.
ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad wrote to inform us; ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad informed us; ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn al-Mubārak informed us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad informed us; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ḥabābah informed us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad informed us; ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd told us; Shuʿbah narrated, from Hammād, from Abū Wāʾil, from ʿAbd Allāh, that the Prophet ﷺ instructed them in the tashahhud, saying:
“Greetings, prayers, and all good words belong to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.” (1)
By this same chain as far as ʿAbd Allāh al-Baghawī: Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī narrated to us; ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar told us; Shuʿbah narrated, from Hammād: I heard Anas ibn Mālik say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.” (2)
Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, and Aḥmad ibn Muʾmin informed us, saying: Abū al-Maḥāsin Muḥammad ibn al-Sayyid al-Anṣārī at al-Mizzah informed us; Abū al-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Maṣṣīṣī and Hibat Allāh ibn Ṭāwūs read it to us in the year 534 AH; they said: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī the jurist informed us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUthmān narrated to us; my uncle Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Maʿrūf narrated to us; Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī the judge narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd told us; Shuʿbah narrated to us, from