“The chain of transmission of his hadith is sound.” He then cited this hadith from him and attributed it also to Ibn Abi Shaybah, al-Baghawi, and al-Tabarani.

What I have mentioned is further supported by al-Diya al-Maqdisi’s inclusion of the hadith in al-Mukhtarah (5/136/2–137/1), through Ahmad and al-Tabarani—from which I derived the two additions placed in brackets. All of this indicates that this Muhammad was a Successor and that the chain of transmission is continuous.

I later found the hadith in al-Tabarani’s al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir (191/449), in an installment of volume (13) that was recently published, critically edited by our brother Hamdi al-Salafi—may Allah reward him well.

The hadith also has a shorter corroborating report, narrated by al-Salt ibn Ghalib al-Hujaymi from Muslim ibn Badil, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: “I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drinking while on his riding animal; then he handed it to the one on his right.” Ibn Hibban mentioned it in his biographical notice on this Muslim in al-Thiqat (5/400), and noted that someone other than al-Salt had also narrated from him. He said: “He is the one from whom ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Awn narrated the hadith of al-Tufayl ibn ‘Amr al-Dawsi.”

Ibn Hibban recorded this hadith of Ibn ‘Awn in his Sahih (2/162/976), through his authentic chain from Ibn ‘Awn, from Muslim ibn Badil, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentioned Daws. He said: “They …” [a blank in the original], then mentioned their men and women. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, raised his hands, and the man said: “Indeed, we belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return. By the Lord of the Ka‘bah, Daws is doomed!” Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, raised his hands and said: “O Allah, guide Daws.”

Abu Salamah also corroborated Muslim in this report, from Abu Hurayrah, with a more complete version, saying: