and the people camped at the watering place.⦗1⦘

It was also transmitted through the chain of Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd: Muslim included it in his Ṣaḥīḥ, from his father, from Ṣāliḥ, with similar wording; and al-Bukhārī recorded it through Yasrah, from Ibrāhīm, from al-Zuhrī himself.

Abū al-Maʿālī al-Qarāfī informed us; al-Fatḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh likewise informed us; al-Urmawī, Ibn al-Dāyah, and al-Ṭarāʾifī said: Ibn al-Muslimah informed us; Abū al-Faḍl al-Zuhrī narrated to us; al-Firyābī narrated to us; Yazīd ibn Khālid al-Ramli narrated to us; al-Layth ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from ʿUqayl, from Ibn Shihāb, who said that Abū Idrīs ʿĀʾidh Allāh al-Khawlānī informed him that Yazīd ibn ʿAmīrah—one of the companions of Muʿādh ibn Jabal—said:

“Muʿādh never sat in any gathering without, on taking his seat, saying: ‘Allah is the Just Judge; blessed is His name; the doubters have perished.’”

Al-Layth—may Allah have mercy on him—was Egypt’s jurist, its foremost ḥadith authority, its dignitary and its leader, someone whose very presence was a source of pride for the entire province. The governor of Egypt, its judge, and its administrators operated under his directives, and they deferred to his views and counsel. Al-Manṣūr even wished to appoint him as his deputy over the province, but he excused himself from that.

Among the singular narrations of al-Layth, from al-Zuhrī, from Anas, is the ḥadith: “Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.”⦗2⦘ Abū ʿĪsā declared it authentic and noted its rarity.