Saʿīd ibn Abī Ayyūb differed from him by attributing it to the Prophet. He said: Ibn Hānīʾ narrated to me; Shufayy narrated to me from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr … with wording to this effect.
It was narrated by Abū Yaʿlā in al-Musnad al-Kabīr, and by al-Ḥārith, as cited in al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliyah al-Musnadah (folio 101/2).
Saʿīd ibn Abī Ayyūb was trustworthy and highly precise, as al-Ḥāfiẓ said. He was therefore more accurate in retention than Ibn Lahīʿah and Khālid ibn Ḥumayd. Thus, if the preserved form of its chain is not the one that mentions Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, then the mention of Shufayy in his place is sounder, in view of the trustworthiness of Saʿīd ibn Abī Ayyūb—especially since Ibn Lahīʿah corroborated him. As for Saʿīd’s stopping it at the Companion, this causes no problem, for it has the ruling of a report attributed to the Prophet, as is evident. It is among the signs of his truthfulness and prophethood—peace and blessings be upon him—for the matter of the unseen which it contains has come to pass in this age. Allah is the One whose help is sought.
Note: This hadith appears in Kanz al-ʿUmmāl (6322), narrated by al-Ṭabarānī from Ibn ʿUmar. The correct reading is “Ibn ʿAmr,” as stated above. *******
- “Among the invocations by which you mention the majesty of Allah are the glorification of Allah, the declaration that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and praise of Allah. They circle around the Throne, humming like bees and mentioning their utterer. Would not one of you love to have—or to continue having—something by which he is remembered?”
It was recorded by Ibn Mājah (3809), Aḥmad (4/271), al-Ṭabarānī in al-Duʿāʾ (3/1566/1693), Abū Nuʿaym in al-Ḥilyah (4/269), and al-Bayhaqī in al-Asmāʾ wa al-Ṣifāt (p. 137), through the route of Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from Mūsā ibn Abī ʿĪsā al-Ṭaḥḥān, from ʿAwn ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from his father—or from his brother—from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr, who said: The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said … and he mentioned it. The wording is Ibn Mājah’s.