Al-Tirmidhī transmitted it from ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd, and al-Nasāʾī from Isḥāq b. Rāhwayh, both through Yazīd b. Hārūn with the same chain, and al-Tirmidhī ruled it “sound (ḥasan).”
I say: in fact, through this route it meets the conditions of the two Shaykhs.
Aḥmad said: Bahz and likewise Hāshim narrated to me; they both said: Sulaimān b. al-Mughīrah narrated to us, from Thābit, who said: Anas related: “My uncle”—Hāshim added: “Anas ibn al-Naḍr, after whom I was named”—“did not fight alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of Badr.
“He was greatly distressed and said, ‘The very first engagement the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took part in, and I was absent! If Allah grants me another battle with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, He will surely see what I shall do.’
“He could not bring himself to say more than that, and he was present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of Uḥud.
“He met Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, and Anas said to him, ‘O Abū ʿAmr, where are you heading? By Allah! The fragrance of Paradise—I sense it coming from the direction of Uḥud!’
“He fought them until he was killed, and in his body were found more than eighty sword-blows, spear-thrusts, and arrow-wounds.
“His sister—my aunt—al-Rubayyiʿ bint al-Naḍr said, ‘I recognised my brother only by his fingertips.’
“Thereupon the verse was revealed: ‘Among the believers are men who have been true to the covenant they made with Allah; some of them have fulfilled their vow, and some are still waiting, and they have not changed in the least’ (33:23).
“They held that it was revealed regarding him and his companions.”
Muslim narrated it from Muḥammad b. Ḥātim, from Bahz b. Asad. Al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasāʾī also reported it through ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Mubārak; al-Nasāʾī added—and so too Abū Dāwūd—“Ḥammād b. Salamah narrated to us,” all four through Sulaimān b. al-Mughīrah with the same content. Al-Tirmidhī said: “sound and authentic (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ).”
Abū al-Aswad related from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr that Ubayy ibn Khalaf, of Banū Jumḥ, had sworn in Mecca that he would kill the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When his oath reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said:
“Rather, I shall kill him, if Allah wills.”
On the Day of Uḥud Ubayy advanced, clad head-to-toe in iron, crying, “I shall not live if Muḥammad survives!” He charged at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intending to kill him, but Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmair of Banū ʿAbd al-Dār intercepted him, shielding the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his own life, and Muṣʿab was slain. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught sight of Ubayy’s collarbone through a gap between the mail and the helmet, so he struck him with his spear. Ubayy fell from his horse to the ground, and not a drop of blood issued from the wound. His companions came and carried him away while he was bellowing like a bull.
They said to him, “What alarms you? It is only a scratch!”
He told them of the Messenger of Allah’s statement, “I shall kill Ubayy,” and then said, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, if what has afflicted me were placed upon the people of Dhū al-Majāz, they would all perish!” He died and went to the Fire—away with the companions of the Blaze!