and Ḥabīb, through Rabīʿah ibn Laqīṭ, from Ibn Ḥawālah, who said: “Whoever is saved from three (1)….” Yet this hadith is not found in Egypt among the transmissions of Yaḥyā.
It is likewise reported through Yazīd, from Ibn Shimāsah, from Zayd ibn Thābit, traced back to the Prophet: “Blessed is al-Shām (2)…,” but this too is not recorded in Egypt as a narration of Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb.
The reports that Jarīr ibn Ḥāzim relates from Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb are entirely absent from the Egyptian collections; in my estimation they more closely resemble the narrations of Ibn Lahīʿah—Allah knows best.
Zayd ibn al-Ḥabbāb also transmitted, from Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb, from ʿAyyāsh ibn ʿAbbās, from Abū al-Ḥuṣayn, the hadith of Abū Rayḥānah: “He forbade filing the teeth and tattooing (3)….” This, too, is not found in Egypt except through the chain of Ibn Lahīʿah.
(1) Reported by Ahmad, al-Musnad 4/105, through the chain of Yahya b. Ishaq → Yahya b. Ayyub → Yazid b. Abi Habib → Rabiʿa b. Laqit → ʿAbd Allah b. Hawala: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever is protected from three matters has been granted deliverance three times: (i) my death, (ii) the Dajjal (Antichrist), and (iii) the killing of a caliph who perseveres in truth and upholds it.” The isnad is strong.
(2) Reported by Ahmad, al-Musnad 5/184, and al-Tirmidhi (no. 3949), through the chain of Yazid b. Abi Habib → Ibn Shamasah → Zayd b. Thabit, who said: While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day, he exclaimed, “Tuba for al-Sham, Tuba for al-Sham!” I asked, “Why al-Sham?” He replied, “The angels have spread their wings over al-Sham.” The isnad is good.
(3) Reported by Ahmad 4/134, through Zayd b. Hubab → Yahya b. Ayyub → ʿAyyash b. ʿAbbas al-Himyari → Abu Husayn al-Hajari → ʿAmir al-Hajari → Abu Rayhana: the Prophet ﷺ disliked ten practices: filing the teeth to a point (*washr*), plucking hair, tattooing, a man lying with another man, a woman lying with another woman with no cloth between them, looting, riding predatory animals, placing silk brocade here and there (along the lower hems of garments and on the shoulders), and wearing a signet ring except by one vested with authority.
Also transmitted by Abu Dawud (no. 4039) and al-Nasaʾi 8/143 through al-Mufaddal b. Fadala, from ʿAyyash b. ʿAbbas al-Qatabani, via Abu al-Husayn al-Haytham b. Shafiʿ and ʿAmir al-Hajari (also called Abu ʿAmir al-Hajari), who is an unknown narrator.
*Washr* refers to filing the teeth to sharpen them; *makamiʿa* denotes sexual intercourse.