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An index of the names of the transmitters of reports from the Companions and others, numbering around sixty; beside each name is the number of his report.
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An index of the reports, with their numbers beside them. They number more than two hundred out of approximately ten thousand—the total number of hadiths in the book—the rest being attributed to the Prophet.
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The names of al-Tabarani’s teachers, numbering nearly eight hundred; beside each name are the numbers of his hadiths. This helps to distinguish those among them who narrated few reports from those who narrated many, and is beneficial with regard to those who are not well known.
2617 — “O Allah, this is a Hajj in which there is neither ostentation nor seeking reputation.”
It is narrated from Anas, Ibn Abbas, and Bishr ibn Qudamah al-Dababi.
- As for the hadith of Anas, it has two chains from him. The first is through al-Rabi ibn Subayh, from Yazid ibn Aban, from him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed Hajj on a worn saddle, wearing a cloak worth less than four dirhams. He said: “O Allah, make it a Hajj in which there is neither ostentation nor seeking reputation.” It was recorded by al-Tirmidhi in al-Shama'il (p. 191), Ibn Majah (2890), Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (4/106), Ibn Sad in al-Tabaqat (2/177), and Abu Nuaym in al-Hilyah (6/308).
I say: This is a weak chain of transmission. Concerning al-Rabi ibn Subayh, al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, but poor in retention; he was a devout worshipper and a fighter in jihad.”