, Uthman ibn al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam, from his father—may Allah be pleased with him—who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said on the day of Badr—and he mentioned it. Abu Usayd al-Sa‘idi picked up the sword of Ibn ‘A’idh al-Marzuban, and al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam recognized it. He said, “Grant it to me, O Messenger of Allah!” So he gave it to him.

Al-Hakim said, “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi concurred with him. Al-Tabarani said, “It is not narrated from al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam except through this chain of transmission; Abu Mus‘ab alone narrated it.” I say: His name was Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri al-Madani, and he was trustworthy, among the narrators of the two Sahih collections. Those above him in the chain meet Ibn Hibban’s criterion. As for Yahya ibn ‘Imran ibn ‘Uthman, Ibn Hibban included him in his work on trustworthy narrators; however, Abu Hatim explicitly declared him unknown, as mentioned earlier regarding the preceding hadith.

His grandfather, ‘Uthman ibn al-Arqam, was mentioned by al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh (3/2/214), through the narration of his grandson Yahya from him, but he gave no negative or positive evaluation of him. Ibn Abi Hatim did likewise (3/1/144), though he also cited him through the narration of ‘Attaf ibn Khalid and ‘Ammar ibn Sa‘d from him. Ibn Hibban included him in al-Thiqat (5/157) and said: “The people of the Hijaz narrated from him, as did his grandson Yahya ibn ‘Imran ibn ‘Uthman.” I say: Thus, he is truthful, Allah Most High willing.

After attributing it to al-Tabarani’s two Mu‘jams (6/52), al-Haythami said: “Its narrators are trustworthy.” I say: A chain such as this is strengthened by corroborating reports. I have found a corroborating report for the hadith under discussion in a similar incident involving Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas, in which the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: