“Whereas each prophet used to be sent specifically to his own people, I have been sent to all mankind.”

Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim; it is also cited in al-Irwa’ (1/315–316). *

3562 — “If the Quran were placed in a leather hide and then thrown into the fire, it would not burn.”

It was recorded by al-Darimi in his Sunan (2/430), al-Tahawi in Mushkil al-Athar (1/390), Ahmad (4/151), Abu al-Qasim ibn Abd al-Hakam in Futuh Misr (288), Abu Ya‘la in his Musnad (3/284/1745), al-Tabarani in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir (17/308), Ibn ‘Adi in al-Kamil (6/469), and al-Bayhaqi in Shu‘ab al-Iman (2/554/2699) and al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat (264). They recorded it through several routes, one of which is: ‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Muqri’ narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Lahi‘ah, from Mishrah ibn Ha’an, from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir, who said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: … and he mentioned it.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy, notwithstanding the weakness of Mishrah ibn Ha’an, as I explained in Taysir al-Intifa‘, refuting al-Hafiz’s verdict concerning him: “Acceptable!” Ibn ‘Adi said of him:

“Truthful; there is no objection to him.”

Ibn Lahi‘ah’s transmission here is reliable, as is well known from his biographical notice. Al-Haythami overlooked this fact and therefore declared it defective on his account. Thus, he said (7/158):

“Ahmad, Abu Ya‘la, and al-Tabarani narrated it, and it contains Ibn Lahi‘ah, concerning whom there is disagreement!”

Brother Husayn quoted this in his commentary on Musnad Abi Ya‘la and endorsed it. Indeed, at the outset of his documentation, he explicitly stated: