the rest of the narrators in its chain, for I fear that it may include someone whom none but Ibn Ḥibbān declared trustworthy. For I found that al-Ḥāfiẓ, in al-Iṣābah, mentioned the hadith through Ibn Mandah’s narration, by way of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥārith al-Makhzūmī, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAyyāsh, with the same report.

If al-Ṭabarānī narrated it by this route, then what I feared is confirmed, for this ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥārith was declared trustworthy by none other than Ibn Ḥibbān (7/32). Neither he, nor al-Bukhārī, nor Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned anyone who narrated from him other than his brother, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith; thus, he is unknown.

Moreover, he mentioned him among the Followers of the Successors, and al-Bukhārī alluded to this in his al-Tārīkh, saying:

“He saw Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿUmar.”

Accordingly, the hadith is interrupted between him and ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAyyāsh, if the latter’s Companionship is established; otherwise, it is mursal. And Allah knows best. *

3350—(Moses asked his Lord about six qualities which he thought were uniquely his, and a seventh which Moses did not like:

1. He said: “My Lord, which of Your servants is the most God-fearing?” He said: “The one who remembers Me and does not forget Me.”

2. He said: “Which of Your servants is the most rightly guided?” He said: “The one who follows guidance.”

3. He said: “Which of Your servants is the wisest?” He said: “The one who judges for people as he judges for himself.”

4. He said: “Which of Your servants is the most knowledgeable?” He said: “The one who never has his fill of knowledge, adding the knowledge of others to his own.”