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As for the hadith of ʿAlī, Abū Yaʿlā narrated it, as cited in al-Jāmiʿ.
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As for the hadith of Ibn ʿAmr, al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr. In sum, the hadith is unquestionably authentic when all these routes are considered together. For this reason, the eminent scholar Ibn al-Qayyim stated definitively in Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn (2/358) that it is attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar said in al-Fatḥ (7/4–5): “It is a good hadith, and it has routes through which it may be elevated to the level of authenticity.” I say: Rather, it is certainly authentic, as I have demonstrated through this documentation of its sources.
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Aḥmad narrated it (3/478), from Abū Wāʾil, from Surayj, who said: “I heard a man from among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said’”—and he then cited it.
I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy, and all but Surayj were narrators of Muslim. In the original, however, his name appears with an undotted sīn and a final jīm; this is a scribal error. The correct form is Shurayḥ, with a dotted shīn and a final undotted ḥāʾ. He is Shurayḥ ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Qays al-Nakhaʿī al-Kūfī, a trustworthy narrator who lived in both the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. The hadith also has authentic corroborating reports from Abū Hurayrah, Anas ibn Mālik, Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī, and Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī.
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As for the hadith of Abū Hurayrah, it was narrated by Aḥmad (2/251, 413, 480, 482, 500, 509, 524, 535), al-Bukhārī (4/452, 453), Muslim (8, 62, 63/67, 91), al-Tirmidhī (2/280), who declared it authentic, and Ibn Mājah (3822).
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As for the hadith of Anas, it was narrated by Aḥmad (3/122, 127, 130, 138, 272,