As for Ibn Hibban, he included him among the trustworthy narrators in al-Thiqat (8/357)! Regarding his father, Hani ibn Abd al-Rahman, Ibn Hibban said in al-Thiqat (7/583): “He would sometimes narrate singular reports.” Al-Haythami said in Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid (10/289): “Al-Tabarani narrated it, and its narrators were declared trustworthy, though some of them are weak.”
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As for the hadith of Ibn Umar, Fudayl ibn Marzuq narrated it from Atiyyah, from him. Ibn Abi al-Dunya also transmitted it. Atiyyah—meaning al-Awfi—is weak.
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As for the hadith of Ali, Ahmad ibn Isa al-Alawi narrated it: Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, in a report attributed to the Prophet. Al-Sahmi transmitted it in Tarikh Jurjan (322). I say: Al-Daraqutni said of this al-Alawi: “A liar.” I say: Therefore, it cannot be used as corroborating evidence. In sum, the hadith is good, Allah willing, on account of the combined support of the hadiths of the Ansari and Ibn Umar. And Allah knows best.
2319 — “The one who assumes authority after me will be in Paradise, (and the one who assumes authority after him will be in Paradise), and the third and fourth will be in Paradise.”
It was transmitted by Yaʿqub al-Fasawi in al-Maʿrifah (3/197) and Ibn Asakir in al-Tarikh (11/101/1), through Abu Yahya al-Taymi, who said: Al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Abdullah ibn