And Abu al-Rabab was Mutarrif ibn Malik al-Qushayri, a Basran. Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned this Mutarrif (4/1/312) and said: “He witnessed the conquest of Tustar with Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari. Zurarah ibn Abi Awfa and Muhammad ibn Sirin narrated from him.” Ibn Hibban likewise said this in al-Thiqat.

I say: Sa‘id ibn Abi Sa‘id al-Maqburi also narrated from him, as you can see. Thus, three trustworthy narrators transmitted from him, so his hadith is good, Allah willing. In sum, the hadith is authentic in my view through these routes. And Allah knows best. Its opening portion has a corroborating report from Abu Hurayrah, cited previously under no. 738.

Al-Suyuti also cited it from the narration of Abu Ya‘la, on the authority of Ibn ‘Amr, with the wording: “The first people to perish will be Quraysh, and the first clan of Quraysh to perish will be Banu Hashim.” Al-Manawi said: “Its chain includes Ibn Lahi‘ah.”

1738 — “My dear daughter, there has come upon your father that from which Allah will spare no one until the Day of Resurrection.”

Imam Ahmad narrated it (3/141): Abu al-Nadr related to us; al-Mubarak related to us, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas, who said: “When Fatimah said this”—that is, when the Messenger of Allah was experiencing the agony of death—“Fatimah said, ‘O my anguish!’ The Messenger of Allah said …” Then he mentioned it. He also said: Khalaf related to us; al-Mubarak related to us; Thabit related to me, from Anas, who said: “When Fatimah said …” and he then mentioned the same hadith.

I say: Its chain of transmission is good, since al-Mubarak ibn Fudalah explicitly stated that he heard it directly. Moreover, he was corroborated: al-Tirmidhi narrated it in al-Shama’il (379, Homs edition), as did Ibn Majah (1629), through the route of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abu al-Zubayr, who related to us from Thabit al-Bunani, with this wording.