directly (5304), through Muhammad ibn Salamah, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather:

When the delegation of Hawazin came to the Messenger of Allah at al-Jiʿranah, having embraced Islam, they said: “We are your kinsfolk and clan, and hardship has befallen us in a manner that is not hidden from you. So show us favor; may Allah show you favor.”

Then a man of Hawazin—one of the Banu Saʿd ibn Bakr—named Zuhayr, whose kunyah was Abu Sard, stood up and said: … He then cited it, omitting the final two lines of poetry, while the account itself is more complete.

This is a good chain of transmission, were it not for Ibn Ishaq’s narrating with an unqualified “from”; however, he explicitly stated that he heard it in his book al-Sirah, which Ibn Hisham abridged through the narration of Ziyad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Bakkaʾi, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: “ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb narrated it to me.” (vol. 3, pp. 488–490).

Thus, this is a strong corroborating report for the hadith under discussion, as al-Hafiz said in al-Lisan. *

3253—(You will be with whomever you love, and you will have what you intended.)

ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated it in al-Musannaf (11/200/20319), and al-Bayhaqi narrated it from him in al-Shuʿab (6/489/9011): Maʿmar informed us, from al-Ashʿath ibn ʿAbd Allah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said:

A man passed by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, while some people were with him. One of those present said: “Indeed, I love this man for Allah’s sake.” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Have you informed him?”

He replied, “No.” He said:

“Go to him and inform him.”

So he went to him and informed him, and he said: