“Al-Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, apart from Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Ramadi, who is trustworthy.” This gives the impression that it is authentic, as al-Hafiz explicitly stated; Shaykh al-Azami followed him in this, as is his custom.

2255 — “Would you not be pleased to be my wife in this world and the Hereafter?” I said: “Certainly.” He said: “Then you are my wife in this world and the Hereafter.”

Al-Hakim recorded it (4/10) through Abu al-Anbas Sa'id ibn Kathir, from his father, who said: Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, told us that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioned Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her. She said: “I spoke,” whereupon he said the foregoing. He said: “This Abu al-Anbas is Sa'id ibn Kathir, a trustworthy Medinan, and the hadith is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and they were correct. Although Kathir, the father of al-Anbas, was not declared trustworthy by anyone besides Ibn Hibban, a number of trustworthy narrators reported from him, as was mentioned above under hadith 2177. Moreover, the hadith under discussion has corroborating reports in the two Sahihs and elsewhere; see my new book, Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi, in the chapters on virtues.

2256 — “Whatever Allah has made lawful in His Book is lawful; whatever He has forbidden is forbidden; and whatever He has remained silent about is a pardon. So accept Allah’s pardon: ‘And your Lord is never forgetful.’” (1)

Al-Daraqutni recorded it in his Sunan (2/137/12), as did al-Hakim (2/375)—from whom al-Bayhaqi narrated it (10/12)—al-Bazzar in his Musnad (1/78/123, Kashf al-Astar), and al-Tabarani in Musnad al-Shamiyyin (p. 416), through several routes from Asim ibn Raja ibn Haywah, from his father, from Abu al-Darda, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said—and he mentioned the foregoing.