“Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi concurred. Al-Bazzar said:
“We know of no authentic route by which it is narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, other than this one.”
I say: All its narrators are trustworthy and were relied upon by both al-Bukhari and Muslim; thus, it meets their criteria.
Note: In his exegesis of Surat al-Isra’ in al-Majmaʿ (7/50), al-Haythami first cited this narration, then followed it by saying:
“In another narration: So he supplicated, and Gabriel came to him…”
He then cited it; this is the previously mentioned narration of ʿImran. He then said:
“The narrators of both reports are narrators of the Sahih, except that one of its chains mentions ʿImran ibn al-Hakam, which is an error; while some versions mention ʿImran Abu al-Hakam—who was Ibn al-Harith—and this is correct. Al-Bazzar also narrated it!”
What is meant is that he did not state who narrated the two reports. It appears that the original read, “Ahmad narrated it,” since he is the one who narrated both reports, as mentioned above. This was omitted by the copyist or the printer. And Allah knows best.
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- “Whoever does good in what remains will be forgiven for what has passed; and whoever does evil in what remains will be held accountable for what has passed and what remains.”
Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Muʿjam al-Awsat (7/413/6802), and Ibn ʿAsakir in Tarikh Dimashq (18/377), through two chains from Sulayman ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, who said: Yahya ibn Hamzah related to us from al-Wadin ibn ʿAta’, from Yazid ibn Marthad, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: … and he cited it. Al-Tabarani said: