Ibn Jurayj also corroborated it from Mujahid. Ibn Jarir likewise transmitted it.

It is also found in Tafsir Mujahid, published at the expense of Shaykh Khalifah, the Emir of Qatar (p. 281), through the first route from Mujahid. However, its chain contains an accused narrator, so it, like the book itself, requires corroboration. This hadith found therein, however, is supported by this narration of Ibn Jarir, so take note.

Note: Abd al-Razzaq recorded in his Tafsir (1/2/277), through al-Kalbi, in his exegesis of the preceding verse—“Give me leave ...”—a report similar to al-Dahhak’s hadith from Ibn Abbas. Al-Kalbi was accused of lying. I would not have mentioned it here, were it not to draw attention to one of the calamities of which Muslims—especially their educated class—are unaware, because material concerns, whether reputation, wealth, or the like, have come to dominate them.

The editor, Dr. Mustafa Muslim Muhammad, commented on this hadith—and what a wretched comment he made: “Reported by Ahmad, vol. 6, p. 22; vol. 5, p. 25; and Ibn Majah, in al-Fitan, 25.” This source attribution is wholly inapplicable to this hadith. Rather, it pertains to another hadith narrated by Awf ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, concerning the signs of the Hour, which includes the Prophet’s words, peace and blessings be upon him: “Then Banu al-Asfar will come to you ...” How could such confusion have occurred on the part of a doctor such as this? It is not a typographical error of the kind that sometimes occurs. Rather, and Allah knows best, the doctor consulted one of the modern indexes, found there the expression “al-Asfar” attributed to Ahmad and Ibn Majah, and thus attributed it to them! By Allah, this is the calamity of the age. What makes matters still worse is that the second reference (5/25) does not even contain this expression! This confirms that he copied it from the index just as he found it, without taking the trouble to consult