Safwan’s statement at the end of the hadith—“Then I met Abu al-Darda’...” —is likewise explicit that the hadith is transmitted by Abu al-Darda’ from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Exalted is He who never forgets.

The second corroborating report is from Anas, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the wording: “When a person supplicates for his brother in his absence, the angels say: ‘Amin, and for you the like of it.’” Al-Bazzar narrated it in his Musnad (al-Zawa’id, no. 308), through Mu’ammal, who said: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Suhayb, from Anas. He said: “We know of no one who narrated it from Hammad other than Mu’ammal.”

I say: He is Mu’ammal ibn Isma’il al-Basri, truthful but poor in retention, as stated in al-Taqrib. Thus, al-Haythami’s statement in Majma‘ al-Zawa’id (10/152), “Its narrators are trustworthy,” is not sound.

The third is from ‘Imran ibn Husayn, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “A brother’s supplication for his brother in his absence is not rejected.” Al-Bazzar also narrated it, but its chain of transmission has been omitted from al-Zawa’id, leaving only what I have cited: from ‘Imran ... He said: “We know of no report from ‘Imran except through this route, and Khalid was from Basra.” This is how it appears in the original. And Allah knows best. Perhaps the omission is from Musnad al-Bazzar itself, as indicated by the fact that al-Haythami added nothing in al-Majma‘ beyond saying: “Al-Bazzar narrated it.” Had the chain been present in his copy, he would, Allah willing, have commented on it, as was generally his practice (1).

1340 — “If one of you sees a dream that pleases him, let him mention it and interpret it. If one of you sees a dream that displeases him, he should neither mention it nor interpret it.”

Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr narrated it in al-Tamhid (1/287–288) through the route of Y