Ibn Mandah then narrated it through Yahya ibn Zakariyya, from Ismaʿil, with the same wording.
I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy. Abu al-Aʿwar’s name was ʿAmr ibn Sufyan. His status as a Companion is disputed, as Ibn ʿAsakir stated, but a number of scholars—including Imam Muslim—affirmed his Companionship.
“Humiliating” means abasement. Al-Nihayah states: “In it is the supplication: ‘O Allah, grant us good fortune, not abasement’—that is, we ask You for good fortune and seek refuge in You from humiliation, degradation, and decline. One says: ‘He descended,’ and, ‘He caused another to descend.’”
1254 — “Blessed are those who saw me; blessed are those who saw those who saw me; and those who saw those who saw those who saw me and believed in me.”
Al-Hakim (3/86) narrated it through the route of Jamiʿ ibn Thawab, who said: Abdullah ibn Busr, a Companion of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. Al-Hakim said: “This hadith has been narrated through closely similar chains from Anas ibn Malik, and the closest of these reports to authenticity is the one we have cited.”
Al-Dhahabi criticized him, saying: “Jamiʿ is very weak.”
I say: However, he has been corroborated. Al-Haythami cited it in al-Majmaʿ (10/20), omitting the words, “and those who saw …,” and adding: “Blessedness is theirs, and an excellent final return.” He said: “Al-Tabarani narrated it. Its chain includes Baqiyyah, who explicitly stated that he heard it, so the concealment in transmission is removed; and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy.”
I have located its chain of transmission. Al-Diyaʾ narrated it in al-Mukhtarah (folio 113/2) through Abu Yaʿla and al-Tabarani, via their respective chains from Baqiyyah, who said: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿIrq al-Yahsubi narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Busr, with it.
I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are known, apart from this al-Yahsubi. Ibn Abi Hatim included a biographical notice on him (3/2/316), citing a number of people who narrated from him, but mentioned neither criticism nor accreditation of him. It appears that Ibn Hibban declared him trustworthy, as indicated by al-Haythami’s preceding statement. And Allah knows best.