“Truthful, though he may sometimes err.” He was corroborated by Ishaq ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Farwah, from Saʿid ibn Abi Saʿid, through the same chain, except that he said: “He made a sweeping gesture in front of Him, to His right, and to His left.” Al-Ajurri transmitted it in al-Shariʿah (p. 343). However, this Ibn Abi Farwah is abandoned. The hadith also has a corroborating report from Abu Umamah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with similar wording; it is recorded in al-Mishkat (5556).

1880 — “I asked Gabriel, peace be upon him: ‘Which of the two terms did Moses, peace be upon him, fulfill?’ He replied: ‘The more complete and more perfect of the two.’”

Abu Yaʿla (2/634), Ibn Jarir (20/44), al-Hakim (2/407), and Ibn ʿAsakir (17/158/1) narrated it from Ibrahim ibn Yahya ibn Abi Yaʿqub, from al-Hakam ibn Aban, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. Al-Hakim said: “Authentic.” Al-Dhahabi rebutted him, saying: “I say: Ibrahim is unknown.”

I say: This man was omitted from Abu Yaʿla’s chain and version; thus al-Haythami proceeded according to its apparent meaning and said in his Majmaʿ (7/87): “Abu Yaʿla narrated it, and its narrators are among those of the Sahih, apart from al-Hakam ibn Aban, who is trustworthy. Al-Bazzar also narrated it.”

I say: All of them narrate it by way of Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah, from Ibrahim ibn Yahya, except