Habib, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi al-Sa'bah, from Hanish (1), from Fudalah ibn Ubayd, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: … and then cited it.

Al-Tabarani also narrated it through this route in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (18/304–305), except that he combined the two wordings, saying:

“in Islam, in the cause of Allah.”

Al-Bazzar narrated it (3/371/2973) by way of Abu al-Aswad al-Nadr ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Misri: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us … with the other wording.

Ibn Adi narrated it in al-Kamil (4/152) through a third route from Ibn Lahi'ah, in abbreviated form.

Yahya ibn Ayyub corroborated him, narrating from Yazid ibn Abi Habib … with the other wording.

Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (18/304/782), and likewise in al-Awsat (6/231/5489), through Wahb ibn Jarir ibn Hazim: My father narrated to us, saying: I heard Yahya ibn Ayyub narrate it likewise.

Al-Bayhaqi narrated it in al-Shu'ab (5/210/6388) through these two routes from Yazid ibn Abi Habib. Likewise, al-Shajari narrated it in al-Amali (2/242), through al-Tabarani by both routes.

If this is established, then all the narrators in the chain of transmission are trustworthy and well known, except Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi al-Sa'bah. Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy narrators in al-Thiqat (7/111); although no one other than