“Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Qari, the grandfather of Ya‘qub ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Madini al-Iskandarani, related from his father, from ‘Umar and Abu Talhah. Al-Zuhri and his son ‘Abd al-Rahman related from him.” Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned neither any criticism nor accreditation concerning him. He falls under Ibn Hibban’s criterion, so his work on reliable narrators, al-Thiqat (7/374), should be consulted. Ya‘qub was uncertain whether it was he who narrated it from ‘A’ishah, or ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah. I have not identified this ‘Ubayd Allah, while Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Qari appears to be of unknown status, based on what I have cited from Ibn Abi Hatim. If this report from ‘A’ishah is established, then it is another incident besides the one mentioned earlier. And Allah knows best.

Similar to it is what Ibn Sa‘d also recorded. He said: Sa‘id ibn Mansur informed us: Ya‘qub ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman informed us, from his father, Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had seven dinars, which he placed with ‘A’ishah. During his illness, he said: ‘O ‘A’ishah, send the gold to ‘Ali.’ Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, lost consciousness, and his condition preoccupied ‘A’ishah. He said this three times; each time the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, lost consciousness, and his condition preoccupied ‘A’ishah. So she sent it—that is, the gold—to ‘Ali, and he gave it in charity. Then, on Monday night, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was at death’s door. ‘A’ishah sent her lamp to a woman and said: ‘Let some ghee from your skin-bag drip into our lamp, for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, is at death’s door.’”

I say: This chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. Al-Mundhiri (2/42), followed by al-Haythami (3/124), said: “Al-Tabarani related it in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are reliable and have been relied upon in the Sahih.” The wording jadid al-mawt (“at death’s door”) is thus found in al-Tabaqat, al-Majma‘, and al-Targhib as well.