- p. 230, Hadith 1666.
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I later found this hadith in al-Ṭabarānī’s al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (20/270), narrated through Baqiyyah and Ismāʿīl from Buḥayr, with the same wording.
It is corroborated there (638 and 639) by Thawr ibn Yazīd, a trustworthy narrator whose reports are included by al-Bukhārī. Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it through two routes from him, from Khālid ibn Maʿdān, with the same wording. Thus, the hadith from al-Miqdām is unquestionably authentic. Praise be to Allah.
Another hadith of Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh, narrated by him from Buḥayr ibn Saʿīd—also said to be ibn Saʿd—has already been mentioned; see Hadith 173, if you wish.
- p. 232, Hadith 1668.
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I later found this hadith in al-Ṭabarānī’s al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (20/175), no. 375, through Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd: Ḥabīb ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sābiṭ, from Muʿādh ibn Jabal, with the same wording, except for his statement: “in bodies that do not die.” Its chain of transmission is as follows: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿIrq al-Ḥimṣī narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn al-Muṣaffā narrated to us; Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd narrated to us...
I say: This is a chain of transmission whose narrators are trustworthy, apart from this shaykh—ibn ʿIrq—whom I have not identified. Al-Ṭabarānī did not mention him among his shaykhs named Muḥammad in al-Ṣaghīr and al-Awsaṭ, nor did al-Samʿānī mention him under the entry “al-ʿIrqī.” Rather, he mentions there: “Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, of ʿIrq al-Yaḥṣubī, al-Ḥimṣī, al-ʿIrqī. He was ascribed to his highest grandfather. He was from Homs, narrated from his father Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥārith, and Abū al-Qāsim al-Ṭabarānī narrated from him.”
I say: Al-Ṭabarānī narrated two hadiths from him in al-Awsaṭ (1/125/4), one of them from his father. He also included it in al-Kabīr (20/278/659) and al-Ṣaghīr (p. 3, Indian edition), and I discussed it in al-Rawḍ (874).