It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (8/336/8075) and al-Awsaṭ (4/450), and by Ibn al-Sunnī (no. 142), through the route of ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAbd al-Wārith: Adam ibn al-Ḥakam narrated to us; Abū Ghālib narrated to us, from Abū Umāmah, in a report attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Ṭabarānī said: “No one narrated it from Abū Ghālib except Adam, and no one narrated it from him except ʿAbd al-Ṣamad.”

I say: He is trustworthy and among the narrators cited by both al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Abū Ghālib is a good hadith narrator, as has been mentioned several times. The same applies to Adam ibn al-Ḥakam, who was Abū ʿAbbād, the Basran cloth merchant. Ibn Abī Ḥātim said (1/1/267): “Ibn Maʿīn said: ‘He is sound.’ My father said: ‘I see nothing objectionable in his hadith.’” In al-Lisān, it states: “Ibn Abī Ḥātim said: ‘His memory deteriorated,’ and Ibn Ḥibbān included him among the trustworthy narrators.”

I say: Accordingly, his hadith is, at the very least, good. Hence al-Mundhirī said (1/168): “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ with a good chain of transmission.” Al-Haythamī said (10/108): “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Kabīr and al-Awsaṭ, and the narrators of al-Awsaṭ are trustworthy.”

This hadith provides strong corroboration for the hadith of Shahr ibn Ḥawshab containing the phrase, “while keeping his legs folded.” I had not relied upon it because of Shahr’s weakness, until I came across this corroborating report. It has the declaration of Allah’s oneness recited one hundred times in place of ten; either practice is valid, since both are established. So praise be to Allah for granting success, and I ask Him for more of His bounty.