trustworthy authorities who narrated from him, in addition to the declarations of his reliability by those mentioned, Ibn Hibban’s authentication of his hadith, and likewise that of al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi, as will follow. In view of this, one may feel confident about his narration—especially since his hadith has, in general, many corroborating reports.

Ahmad then narrated it: Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Amr narrated to us; Za’idah narrated to us from al-A‘mash, through the aforementioned chain, from Abu Dharr, who said:

“We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him ...” He then mentioned its meaning.

Through this same chain, Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated only the hadith cited in the heading (15/78/19166). Through him, Ibn Shabbah narrated it in full in Akhbar al-Madinah (1/280).

Al-Hakim also narrated it in full (4/442) by way of Abu Usamah: Za’idah narrated it to me in full. He said:

“Its chain of transmission is authentic.”

Al-Dhahabi agreed with him.

Ibn Abi Shaybah likewise narrated it (19162): Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us from ‘Amr ibn Qays, from a man, from Abu Dharr, with it.

This too is a good chain of transmission, because the man is Habib ibn Jumaz, who was explicitly identified in the preceding chains.

Note: They differed considerably over the pronunciation of “Jumaz.” It has been said to be pronounced thus (1); and it has also been said: “Jumar,” “Himar,” and other variants. See al-Ta‘jil, the commentary on al-Tarikh, and other works. The hadith also has a corroborating report from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, attributed to the Prophet, with the wording: