Another is a report from Abu Musa al-Ashari concerning tribulations. In Abu Dawud’s version, it concludes: “They said, ‘Then what do you command us to do?’ He said, ‘Stay in your homes.’” Al-Hakim recorded it through Abu Dawud (4/440) and said, “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi concurred with him. I have also documented it in al-Irwa.
Another is a report from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, in a hadith whose documentation has already been given, along with a discussion specifically of this addition, under no. 205. Another is from Abu Thalabah al-Khushani; its chain of transmission is weak, as I explained in al-Da'ifah, no. 1025, in the third volume, which will be published soon, Allah willing.
1536 — “Persist in saying: ‘O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.’”
It has been narrated on the authority of Rabiah ibn Amir, Abu Hurayrah, and Anas ibn Malik.
- As for the hadith of Rabiah, Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated it: Yahya ibn Hassan informed me, from Rabiah ibn Amir, who said: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say it. Al-Bukhari recorded it in al-Tarikh (2/1/256), as did al-Hakim (1/498–499), Ahmad (4/177), Abu Abdullah ibn Mandah in al-Marifah (fol. 13/1) and al-Tawhid (fol. 72/2), and Ibn Asakir in al-Tarikh (6/107/1), all through Ibn al-Mubarak with this chain.
Al-Hakim said, “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and it is as they said. Ibn Mandah said in the first book: “It is a singular hadith; we have only recorded it through this route.” In the other book, he said: