“As for al-Bayāḍī, they say that his name was Farwah ibn ʿAmr ibn Wadaqah ... a sub-clan of the Khazraj.”
He stated this definitively in the biographical entry on Farwah in al-Istīʿāb, saying:
“There is no disagreement over the name of this al-Bayāḍī.”
I say: Whether this is established or not, what matters is that we ascertain that the narrator of this hadith from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was a Companion, not an unknown Successor, as I had mentioned there. When the correction referred to above came to my attention, it prompted me to investigate the matter anew—especially since the publication of certain primary hadith sources that had not previously been printed assisted in this. I then found al-Bayāḍī’s explicit statement that he had heard the hadith from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Thus, he was a Companion, whether or not we know his name, for all the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, are upright and reliable. In this respect, they differ from those who came after them, as is established among Ahl al-Sunnah, contrary to the innovators and the Rāfiḍah. This is why the Imam of the Sunnah included this hadith of al-Bayāḍī in his Musnad, as did others. Allah is the Granter of success. *
- “The mosques have steadfast regulars, and the angels are their companions. When they are absent, the angels miss them; when they fall ill, they visit them; and when they are in need, they assist them.” He also said: “One who sits in the mosque attains one of three things: a brother from whom he benefits, a word of wisdom, or mercy for which he awaits.”
Imam Ahmad narrated it (2/418): Qutaybah told us: Ibn Lahīʿah related to me, from Darrāj, from Ibn Ḥujayrah, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ... and he mentioned it.
I say: This is a good chain of transmission, for Darrāj’s hadiths are sound except for those he narrated from Abū—