of the Quran claim that no deed benefits without emigration and jihad in the cause of Allah?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: …—then he mentioned it.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are among the narrators of the Two Shaykhs, apart from Ishaq ibn Suwayd al-Ramli, who is trustworthy.

Concerning Yahya ibn Umayr, Ibn Abi Hatim related from his father (9/178/738):

“Sound in hadith.”

Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy narrators (7/602), and a number of trustworthy narrators reported from him, besides Ibn Abi Uways—who was Ismail. Thus, he is at least sound in hadith. For this reason, al-Dhahabi said in al-Kashif:

“Truthful.”

This is more correct than al-Hafiz’s assessment of him as “acceptable,” because trustworthy narrators reported from him, and they are five:

1. Ibn Abi Uways.
2. Khalid ibn Makhlad.
3. Abdullah ibn Maslamah al-Qanabi.
4. Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Uthmah.
5. Man ibn Isa.

Al-Bayhaqi also narrated the hadith (9/17), like the hadith cited in the heading, through al-Abbas