I say: This chain of transmission contains weakness. Although al-Bukhari relied on Abd Allah ibn Salih, he was criticised on account of his memory. And although Muslim relied on Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Wahb, al-Hafiz said: “He was truthful, but changed in his later years.” Its attribution to the Prophet has also been contradicted. Imam Ahmad stated in his Musnad (5/430): Abu Kamil narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Saad narrated to us; Ibn Hisham narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham, from his father, from some of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He then cited it as a Companion report. Ahmad commented afterward: “He did not attribute it to the Prophet.”

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are among the narrators of the two Shaykhs, apart from Abu Kamil, whose name was Muzaffar ibn Mudrik al-Khurasani; he too is trustworthy. Although it is attributed to the Companion, it has the ruling of a report attributed to the Prophet, especially since al-Suyuti cited it in al-Jami al-Kabir as a report from Abu Dharr attributed to the Prophet, with the wording: “The best of people on that day ...” The remainder is exactly the same. He said: “It was narrated by al-Askari in al-Amthal and by al-Daylami, and its chain is good.”

1506 — “Successful is the one who is guided to Islam, whose livelihood is sufficient, and who is content with it.”

Al-Hakim narrated it (4/122) by way of Ibn Wahb, from Abu Hani al-Khawlani, from Abu Ali al-Janabi—who was Amr ibn Malik—from Fudalah ibn Ubayd, may Allah be pleased with him, who heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say it. He said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and it is as they said.