Fifth: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq narrated from al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from his father, from Ibn Masʿūd who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “I met Abraham on the night I was taken up, and he said: ‘O Muḥammad, convey my greetings to your community and tell them that Paradise has pure soil and sweet water; it is level ground, and its saplings are: Subḥān Allāh (Glory be to Allah), al-ḥamdu li-Llāh (praise be to Allah), lā ilāha illā Allāh (there is no god but Allah), and Allāhu akbar (Allah is greatest).’” Al-Tirmidhī recorded it (3462) and said, “A ḥasan gharīb hadith through this route.”

I say: This ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq is Abū Shaybah al-Wāsiṭī, and he is unanimously deemed weak. Al-Tirmidhī may have graded the report ḥasan only because there are supporting chains that strengthen it. I have cited two such corroborations in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 105, and one of them will appear shortly.

Note: Al-Suyūṭī attributed the hadith in al-Khaṣāʾiṣ 1/407–408 to Ibn Mardawayh as well, adding at the end of it, “and there is no power nor might except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.” In his sourcing of the hadith in al-Durr al-Manthūr 4/153 he also listed al-Ṭabarānī along with