as proof. I have personally extracted dozens of hadiths from al-Ihsan that al-Haythami overlooked and therefore did not include in Mawarid al-Zam'an, although they meet its criterion. I have appended them to it in my project, which I hope will soon be published in its two sections: Sahih Mawarid al-Zam'an: The Additional Reports in Sahih Ibn Hibban, and Its Weak Reports. Allah is the Granter of success.

3244—“Tomorrow, I shall give my banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love. He will not return until victory is granted to him”—meaning: Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.

Al-Nasa’i recorded it in al-Sunan al-Kubra (5/109/8402), al-Bayhaqi in Dala’il al-Nubuwwah (4/210), and Ahmad (5/353–354 and 355), through al-Husayn ibn Waqid, from Abd Allah ibn Buraydah, who said: I heard my father, Buraydah, say:

“We laid siege to Khaybar. Abu Bakr took the banner, but victory was not granted to him. The following day, Umar took it, but he returned without victory being granted to him. That day the people suffered hardship and exhaustion, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said”—and he mentioned the hadith. “We spent the night in high spirits, knowing that victory would come the next day. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed the dawn prayer, then stood up while the people were in their battle lines. He called for the banner, and there was not one of us who held a position with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who did not hope to be the bearer of the banner. He then summoned Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was suffering from an eye inflammation. He spat in his eyes and wiped them, then handed him the banner, and Allah granted victory through him. I was among those who had eagerly hoped for it.”

I say: This chain of transmission is authentic according to the criterion of Muslim. There is some minor, non-detrimental criticism concerning al-Husayn ibn Waqid, to which al-Hafiz alluded when he said: “He made errors.”

Maimun Abu Abd Allah also corroborated him, reporting it from Abd Allah ibn Buraydah in a similar form, and adding the account of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, killing Marhab in single combat with him.