Abū Umar ibn Abd al-Barr also said in al-Tamhīd, his commentary on al-Muwatta’, when discussing the hadith of the Descent: “This hadith is firmly established through transmission and has an authentic chain of narration. The scholars of hadith do not differ regarding its authenticity. It has also been transmitted through other routes, in reports related by upright narrators from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. It contains evidence that Allah