“It was narrated by Ahmad, Abu Ya'la, al-Bazzar, and al-Tabarani through several chains. The best of them contains 'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, whose hadith is good despite his weakness; the remaining narrators in Ahmad’s and Abu Ya'la’s chains are narrators of the Sahih.” *

Among the merits of Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali

3193—“A man from among the best of the Yemenis will enter through this door, and upon his face is the mark of an angel.” Then Jarir entered.

Al-Bukhari recorded it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (250): 'Ali ibn 'Abd Allah narrated to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us from Isma'il, from Qays, who said: I heard Jarir say:

“Whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw me after I had embraced Islam, he would smile at me.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, also said: …—then he cited it.

I say: 'Ali was Ibn al-Madini. He was corroborated by al-Humaydi, who said in his Musnad (350/800): “Sufyan narrated to us with the same chain.”

Al-Nasa'i also recorded it in al-Sunan al-Kubra (5/82), through Qutaybah, from Sufyan, with the same chain. I say: This is an authentic chain meeting the criteria of the two Shaykhs. It is therefore surprising that al-Hakim did not include it in his Mustadrak! I mean the hadith under this heading. As for Jarir’s statement, “Whenever he saw me ...” and so forth, both of them recorded it: al-Bukhari (10/504/6089), Muslim (7/157–158), Ibn Hibban (9/165/7156), Ibn Abi Shaybah (12/152/12390), as did Ibn Majah (159), Ahmad (4/358, 362, and 365), and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (2/330/2219–2223), through numerous chains from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, with the same chain.