and the ḥāfiẓ Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Rāzī—later of Nīshāpūr—and al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUfair.
Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allah informed us; ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muḥammad informed us; Abū al-Qāsim al-Mustamlī informed us; Abū Saʿd al-Kanjarūdhī informed us; Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bālūyī informed us; Muḥammad ibn al-Musayyab narrated to us; Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿīd al-Jawharī narrated to us; Abū Usāmah narrated to us; Burayd ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Abū Burdah—from Abū Mūsā—reported:
From the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “When Allah intends to show mercy to a nation among His servants, He takes its prophet before them, making him a forerunner and predecessor for them; but when He intends the destruction of a nation, He punishes it while its prophet is still alive, so that the prophet’s eyes are cooled by witnessing their ruin after they have denied him and disobeyed his command.” (1)
With this same chain Ibn al-Musayyab said, “Ibn Khuzaymah copied this hadith from me.” It is also said that Ibrāhīm al-Jawharī alone transmitted it.
233 – Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faḍl al-Sijistānī
The muhaddith and imām, Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faḍl al-Sijistānī, resident of Damascus. He narrated from Naṣr ibn ʿAlī, Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā, and Muḥammad ibn—