The second is that his having heard from his father is established in a hadith which al-Nasa’i recorded with an authentic chain from him. He said: “My father related to me: …” and he cited it.

This is further supported by the fact that the compilers of the authentic collections relied upon this hadith of his—as you can see—as well as others. Muslim has four further hadiths from him, some of which are also found in al-Tirmidhi; al-Tirmidhi has another, bringing his total to five, and he declared all of them authentic.

A similar version of the hadith has already preceded at 1987, narrated by al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh (1/42/779). *

3177—“O clan of Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy, save yourselves from the Fire! O clan of Murrah ibn Ka‘b, save yourselves from the Fire! O clan of ‘Abd Shams, save yourselves from the Fire! O clan of ‘Abd Manaf, save yourselves from the Fire! O clan of ‘Abd al-Muttalib, save yourselves from the Fire! O Fatimah [daughter of Muhammad!], save yourself from the Fire, for I can avail you nothing against Allah—except that I have ties of kinship with you, which I shall maintain.”

It was recorded by al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad (48), Muslim (1/133)—the wording being his—Abu ‘Awanah (1/93–94), al-Tirmidhi (8/330/3184), Ibn Hibban (2/19/645), al-Nasa’i (2/128), and Ahmad (2/333, 360, and 519), through several chains, some giving it at length and others in abridged form, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, from Musa ibn Talhah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: When this verse was revealed:

“And warn your nearest kinsfolk,”

the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, called Quraysh. They gathered, and he addressed them both collectively and individually, saying: … and he cited it. Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, authentic, singular hadith through this route.”