FORTY HADITHS
ON THE
MERIT OF SAYING
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH
1. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- said: "Whoever says: there is no god but Allah enters
2. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- said: "Whoever says there is no god but Allah enters
3. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- said: "Whoever witnesses that there is no god but Allah andthat Muhammad is Allah's Messenger, Allah forbids the Fire from touchinghim." Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari,book of riqaq ch. 14 (1989 ed. 11:324) says that the hadiths of"Allah forbids the Fire from touching him" are even more explicitthan those of "Allah will enter him into Paradise" in establishingthat the one who declares Allah's Oneness is saved even if he does not heed theorders and the prohibitions.
4. The Companions were talking aboutMalik ibn Dukhshum, and they wished that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greethim -- would curse him so that he should die or meet some calamity. The Prophet-- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Does Malik ibn Dukhshum not testifyto the fact that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger ofAllah?" They said: "Yes, he no doubt says this but it is not in hisheart." The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied: "No-oneever witnesses that there is no god but Allah and that I am Allah's Messengerand then enters the Fire nor is consumed by it." Anas said: "This hadithimpressed me so much that I ordered my son to write it down and he did."
5. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- said that Allah will save a man of his community the record ofwhose sins fills 99 books, each book extending as far as the eye can see.Against all this will be weighed the one good deed that he has, which is hiswitnessing that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, andit will outweigh all the rest. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- thensaid: "Nothing is of any weight with Allah's Name." [The hadithbegins: innallaha sayukhallisu rajulan min ummati...]
6. Ma`bad ibn Hilal al-`Anazi relates:Some of us from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik in company withThabit al-Bunani so that he might ask Anas about the Hadith of Intercession onour behalf. Anas was in his palace, and our arrival coincided with his latemorning (Duha) prayer. We asked permission to enter and he admitted us,sitting on his bed. We said to Thabit, "Do not ask him about anything elsefirst but the Hadith of Intercession." He said, "O Abu Hamza! Hereare your brethren from
They willcome to me and I will say: "I can do it." Then I will ask for myLord's permission and it will be given; then He will inspire me to praise Himwith such praises as I cannot fathom. So I will praise Him with those praisesand will fall down prostrate before Him. Then it will be said: "OMuhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be heard; ask, for your willbe granted your request; intercede, for your intercession will beaccepted." I will say: "O Lord, my Community! My Community!" Andthen it will be said: "Go and take out of the Fire all those who have intheir hearts faith the weight of a barley grain."
I will goand do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall downprostrate before Him. Then it will be said: "O Muhammad, raise your headand speak, for you will be heard; ask, for your will be granted your request;intercede, for your intercession will be accepted." I will say: "OLord, my Community! My Community!" And then it will be said: "Go andtake out of the Fire all those who have in their hearts faith the like of asmall ant or a mustard-seed."
I will goand do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall downprostrate before Him. Then it will be said: "O Muhammad, raise your headand speak, for you will be heard; ask, for you will be granted your request;intercede, for your intercession will be accepted." I will say: "OLord, my Community! My Community!" And then it will be said: "Go andtake out of the Fire all those who have in their hearts the smallest iota offaith." I will go and do so.
When we left Anas, I saidto some of my companions: "Let us pass by al-Hasan (al-Basri) who ishiding himself in the house of Abu Khalifa and request him to recount to uswhat Anas ibn Malik has just told us." So we went to him and we greetedhim and he admitted us. We said to him: "O Abu Sa`id! We came to you fromyour brother Anas ibn Malik and he related to us a Hadith about the intercessionthe like of which I have never heard." He said: "What is that?"We told him of the Hadith and at the end we said: "He stopped at thispoint." He said: "What then?" We said: "He did not addanything after that." He said: "Anas related the Hadith to me twentyyears ago when he was a young fellow. I don't know whether he forgot or if hedid not like to let you depend overly on what he might have said." Wesaid, "O Abu Sa`id! Do tell us." He smiled and said: "Man wascreated hasty. I only mentioned it because I was going to inform you of it.Anas told me the same as he told you and said that the Prophet -- Allah blessand greet him -- added: I will then return for a fourth time and praise Himsimilarly and prostrate before Him the same as before. And then it will besaid: "O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be heard; ask,for your will be granted your request; intercede, for your intercession will beaccepted." I will then say: "O Lord, allow me to intercede for whoeversaid: La ilaha illallah." Then Allah will say: By My Power, by MyMajesty, by My Supremacy, and by My Greatness, I shall take out of the firewhoever said: La ilaha illallah.
7. This is confirmed by anotherwell-known hadith whereby the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said:"My intercession is for those people of my Community who commit majorsins."
8. Adhana fi al-nasi anna manshahida an La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu mukhlisan dakhala al-janna."It was proclaimed among the people that whoever witnesses that there isno god except Allah, alone, without partner, enters
8a. Man shahida an La ilahaillallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever witnesses that there is no god butAllah alone enters
9. Bashshir al-nasa annahu man qalaLa ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu wajabat lahu al-janna."Announce to the people the tidings that whoever says: No god except Allahalone, without partner,
10. `Uthman ibn `Affan said: I heardAllah's Messenger say: "Verily, I know a phrase which no servant utterstruthfully from his heart except the Fire is made unlawful for him." `Umaribn al-Khattab said: "I shall tell you what that phrase is. It is the kalimaof sincerity with which Allah has empowered Muhammad and his Companions, the kalimaof fear of Allah which Allah's Prophet enjoined upon his uncle Abu Talib on hisdeathbed: the witnessing that there is no god but Allah."
11. Sa`id ibn al-Musayyib relates:When the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah's Apostle came to him and said:"Say: La ilaha illallah, a word with which I will be able tonegotiate or argue (uhajju) for you in Allah's presence."
12. Mafatih al-janna shahadatu an Lailaha illallah. "The keys to
12a. Li kulli shay'in miftahun wamiftahu al-jannati shahadatu an La ilaha illallah. "Everythinghas its key, and the key to
13. Ibn `Abbas narrated in hisCommentary that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said concerning themeaning of the verse: hal jaza'u al-ihsani illa al-ihsan - "Is thereward of goodness anything other than goodness?" (55:60): "Allahsays: Can there be any other reward than Paradise in the Hereafter for one whomI blessed in his worldly life with the recitation of the kalima of La ilahaillallah?" `Ikrima and al-Hasan also said that the reward of Lailaha illallah cannot be anything but
14. "If anyone comes on the Day ofResurrection who has said La ilaha illallah sincerely with the intentionto win Allah's pleasure, Allah will make Hellfire forbidden for him." Tirmidhi comments onthe preceding hadith: "It is narrated from al-Zuhri that he was askedabout the Prophet's saying whereby "Whoever says La ilaha illallahenters
15. Lan yuwafiya `abdun yawmaal-qiyamati yaqulu La ilaha illallah yabtaghi biha wajh Allah illa harramaAllahu `alayhi al-nar. "No servant is true to his word on the Day ofResurrection, saying: No god but Allah in order to seek Allah's good pleasure,except Allah will make the Fire unlawful for him."
16. "The best of my sayings and ofthe sayings of all Prophets before me is: There is no god but Allah alone,without partner, to Him belong all sovereignty and glory, and He has power overall things." Narrated by Tirmidhi from `Amr ibn Shu`ayb, from his father,from his grandfather (hasan gharib).
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18. Alaysa yashhadu an La ilahaillallah wa anni rasulullah? Qalu innahu yaqulu dhalika wa ma huwa fi qalbihi.Qala la yashhadu ahadun an La ilaha illallah wa anni rasulullah fa yadkhulual-nara aw tut`imuhu. Qala anas fa a`jabani hadha al-hadith fa qultu li ibniuktubhu fa katabahu. It is narrated on the authority of `Utban ibn Malikthat he came to Madina and said: Something was wrong with my eyesight, so Isaid to the Prophet: "It is my ardent desire that you should grace myhouse with your presence and pray there so that I should take the spot whereyou prayed as a place of worship." (Another version also in Muslim has: Isent for the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- the message: "Comeand lay for me a place for worship [khutta li masjidan]." ImamNawawi said: It means: "Mark for me a spot that I can take as a place forworship by obtaining blessing from your having been there [mutabarrikan biatharika].") So the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- camethere, with those of the Companions whom Allah wished. He entered (my home) andperformed prayer. Then the Companions began to talk among themselves aboutMalik ibn Dukhshum, and they wished that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greethim -- would curse him so that he should die or meet some calamity. After theProphet -- Allah bless and greet him -- finished praying he said: "DoesMalik ibn Dukhshum not testify to the fact that there is no god but Allah andthat I am the Messenger of Allah?" They said: "Yes, he no doubt saysthis but it is not in his heart." The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him-- replied: "No-one ever witnesses that there is no god but Allah and thatI am Allah's Messenger and then enters the Fire or consumes it." Anassaid: "This hadith impressed me so much that I ordered my son to write itdown and he did." Imam Nawawi says about: "In this hadith is evidencefor obtaining blessings through the relics of saints (al-tabarruk bi atharal-salihin)."
19. Al-imanu bid`un wa sab`una babanfa adnaha imatat al-adha `an al-tariq wa arfa`uha qawlu La ilaha illallah."Belief is seventy and some branches. Its lowest branch is the removal ofharm from the road while its highest is to say: There is no god butAllah." .
20. Man kana akhir kalamihi La ilahaillallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever breathes his last with the words: Lailaha illallah, enters
The hadith master Abual-Baqa' told us: Hafiz Abu Muhammad informed us: Abu Tahir al-Silafi informedus: Abu `Ali al-Burdani said: I heard Hannad ibn Ibrahim al-Nasafi saying: Iheard Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Qattan saying: I heard Abu `Abd Allah`Umar ibn Ahmad Ibn Ishaq al-`Attar saying: I heard Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibnMuslim ibn Warah al-Razi saying: I and Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Raziwere present with Abu Zur`a al-Razi at the time of his death, so I said to AbuHatim: "Come, let us remind him to say the shahada." Abu Hatim said,"I would be ashamed before Abu Zur`a to remind him of the shahada;but come, let us recall the hadith, perhaps when he hears it he will sayit." I started and said: Muhammad ibn Bashshar told us: Abu `Asim al-Nabiltold us: from `Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja`far - then I got confused about the hadithas if I never heard it or read it. So Abu Hatim started and said: Muhammad ibnBashshar told us: Abu `Asim al-Nabil told us: from `Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja`far -then he too got confused as if he never read it or heard it before. Then AbuZur`a, may Allah be pleased with him, spoke and said: Muhammad ibn Bashshartold us: Abu `Asim al-Nabil told us: `Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja`far told us: fromSalih ibn Abi `Urayb: from Kathir ibn Murrah: from Mu`adh ibn Jabal, may Allahbe pleased with him, he said: the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgive him peace, said: "Whoever speaks as his last words: La ilahaillallah" - then Abu Zur`a's spirit came out with the letter ha' (thelast letter of the word Allah) before he could say "he will enterParadise." That was in the year 262 H.
21. Man mata wa huwa ya`lamu annahuLa ilaha illallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever dies knowing full wellthat there is no god but Allah, enters
22. Idhhab bi na`layya hatayni faman laqita min wara'a hadha al-ha'it yashhadu an La ilaha illallah mustayqinanbiha qalbahu fa bashshirhu bi al-janna. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- said to Abu Hurayra: "Go with these two sandals of mine andwhoever you meet behind this wall that witnesses that there is no god exceptAllah with certitude in his heart, give him glad tidings that he will enter
23. Man shahida an La ilahaillallah wa anna Muhammadan rasulullah harrama Allahu `alayhi al-nar. `Abdal-Rahman ibn Usayla al-Sunabihi said: When I entered upon `Ubada ibn al-Samitat the time of his death I burst into tears so he said: "Why are youcrying? By Allah, if I were asked to testify I would testify for you, and if Iwere given intercession I would intercede for you, and if it were in my power Iwould certainly help you! By Allah, I never heard a hadith from Allah'sMessenger in which there was benefit for you except I narrated it to you, allbut one: and I shall narrate it to you now since I am about to breathe my last.I heard Allah's Messenger say: "Whoever witnesses that there is no god butAllah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger, Allah forbids the Fire fromtouching him." Qadi `Iyad said:"In this hadith is the proof for the permissibility of keeping certaintypes of knowledge away from the common people due to the inability of theirminds to understand it correctly, as long as it does not concern an obligationof religion or stipulations for punishment."
24. Ya Mu`adh ibn Jabal ma minahadin yashhadu an La ilaha illallah wa anni rasulullah sidqan min qalbihi illaharramahu allahu `ala al-nar. Qala ya rasulallah afala ukhbiru al-nasafayastabshiru? Qala idhan yattakilu. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greethim -- said: "O Mu`adh ibn Jabal! No one witnesses that there is no godbut Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger truthfully from his heart exceptAllah has made him unlawful for the Fire." Mu`adh said: "O Messengerof Allah, shall I not tell the people so that they will be glad?" Hereplied: "If you do, they will rely on it (and leave everythingelse)."
25. As`adu al-nasi bi shafa`atiyawma al-qiyama man qala La ilaha illallah khalisan mukhlisan min qalbihi.Abu Hurayra inquired from the Prophet: "O Messenger of Allah, who will bethe most fortunate of people to receive your intercession on the Day ofResurrection?" The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied:"O Abu Hurayra, I knew, because of your love of what I say, that no oneother than you would ask me of this hadith. The most fortunate of people toreceive my intercession on the Day of Resurrection are those who said: Lailaha illallah purely and sincerely from the heart."
26. Usama ibn Zayd killed an [enemy]idolater in battle after the latter had said: "There is no god butAllah" (La ilaha illallah). When news of this reached Allah'sMessenger he condemned Usama in the strongest terms and he said to him:"How can you kill him after he said La ilaha illallah?" Hereplied: "But he said it with the sword hanging over his head-" TheProphet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said again: "How can you kill himafter he said La ilaha illallah?" He replied: "O Messenger ofAllah, he said it in dissimulation (taqiyyatan)." The Prophet --Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Did you split his heart open (tosee)?" and he did not cease to reprove him until Usama wished that he hadnot entered Islam until after he had killed that man so that he might have beenforgiven all his past sins through belief.
27. Al-Miqdad said: I asked, "OMessenger of Allah, suppose I and one of the idolaters battled and he cut offmy hand, then I was positioned to strike him and he said: La ilaha illallah!Do I kill him or spare him?" He said: "Spare him." I said:"Even if he cut off my hand?" He said: "Even so." I askedhim again two or three times whereupon he said: "If you kill him after hesays La ilaha illallah then you are like him before he said it, and heis like you before you killed him."
28. Innallaha la yu`adhdhibu min`ibadihi illa al-marid wa al-mutamarrid `ala Allah wa aba an yaqula La ilahaillallah. TheProphet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Allah does not punish, ofhis servants, except the rebel against Allah who refuses to say: there is nogod but Allah."
29. afdalu al-dhikri La ilahaillallah. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "The bestremembrance of Allah is to say: There is no god but Allah."
30. Al-tasbih nusfu al-mizan, waal-hamdu lillah tamla'uhu, wa LA ILAHA ILLALLAH laysa laha duna Allahi hijabunhatta tukhlisu ilayh. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said:"Saying subhan allah (glory to Allah) is half the balance and saying al-hamdulillah (all praise belongs to Allah) fills it, and there is no veil betweenLa ilaha illallah and Allah Himself (i.e. it is not even weighed in theBalance), it reaches Him directly."
31. Kunna `inda al-nabiyyisallallahu `alayhi wa sallam fa qala hal fikum gharib? ya`ni ahl al-kitab qulnala ya rasulallah fa amara bi ghalqi al-abwabi wa qala irfa`u aydikum wa qulu Lailaha illallah! farafa`na aydina sa`atan thumma qala al-hamdu lillah! allahummainnaka ba`athtani bi hadhihi al-kalimai wa wa`adtani `alayha al-jannata wa antala tukhlifu al-mi`ad! thumma qala abshiru fa innallaha qad ghafara lakum.Ya`la ibn Shaddad relates that his father Shaddad ibn Aws told him as `Ubadaibn al-Samit was present and confirmed it: "We were sitting with Allah'sMessenger and he asked if there was any stranger - the narrator said: i.e.People of the Book - in the gathering. We said that there was none. He said:Shut the door, raise up your hands and say: "There is no god butAllah." We raised our hands and recited the kalima tayyiba for sometime. He then exclaimed: "al-hamdu lillah! O Allah, You have sentme with this word and have ordered me to teach it and have promised me
32. `Abd Allah ibn Salam relates: As wewere travelling with Allah's Messenger he heard the people asking: "Whichaction is the best, O Allah's Messenger?" He said: "Belief in Allah,fighting in Allah's way, and pilgrimage that is accepted." After this heheard a call coming from a valley saying: "I bear witness that there is nogod but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" whereupon hesaid: "And I bear witness to the same, and I bear witness that no onebears witness to the same except he clears himself of shirk (associatinga partner to Allah)."
33. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- came out and heard the adhan. When he heard the mu'adhdhin say: Lailaha illallah, he said: khala`a al-andad, which means: "He(the speaker) has disowned (the existence of) partners (to Allah)."
34. Yakhruju min al-nari man qala Lailaha illallah wa kana fi qalbihi min al-khayri ma yazinu sha`ira, thummayakhruju min al-nari man qala La ilaha illallah wa kana fiqalbihi min al-khayri ma yazinu badhra, thumman yakhruju min al-nari man qalaLa ilaha illallah wa kana fi qalbihi min al-khayri ma yazinu dharra."There will come out of the Fire whoever said: There is no god but Allah,and there is in his heart a bead's worth of goodness; then there will come outof the Fire whoever said: There is no god but Allah, and there is in his hearta grain's worth of goodness; then there will come out of the Fire whoever said:There is no god but Allah, and there is in his heart an atom's worth ofgoodness."
35. Mu`adh ibn Jabal said that the lasthe spoke with the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- he asked him:"What action is most beloved to Allah?" And the Prophet -- Allahbless and greet him -- replied: "That you die with your tongue still moistwith the mention (dhikr) of Allah." Note that hadith #29stipulates that the best dhikr is La ilaha illallah.
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37. Ma `amila adamiyyun `amalan anjalahu min `adhabi al-qabri min dhikrillah. The Prophet -- Allah bless andgreet him -- said: "A human being cannot do anything that is moreeffective in saving him from the punishment of the grave than the dhikror remembrance of Allah."
38. Anas reports that the Prophet --Allah bless and greet him -- was once asked the same question as Mu`adh inhadith #35, and he replied: "Knowledge of Allah." It was then asked:"And which action adds to this in merit?" He repeated:"Knowledge of Allah." They said: "We ask about actions and youanswer concerning knowledge?" The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him --said: "A few actions are greatly useful as long as there is knowledge;while a lot of actions are useless if there is ignorance." Anas said:"He spoke of this at length This hadith is confirmed by hadith #37and by the first phrase of hadith #17 whereby "the best deed is belief inAllah alone." The hadith is further confirmed by our decisive knowledgethat the purpose of creation is knowledge of Allah, as indicated by Ibn`Abbas's explanation of the verse wa ma khalaqna al-jinna wa al-insa illa liya`budun "I did not create the jinn and humankind except to worship(= know) Me" (51:56) and the verse fa`lam annahu La ilaha illallah"Know that there is no god except Allah" (47:19).
39. Wal-ladhi nafsi bi yadihi lawji'a bi al-samawati wa al-ardi wa man fihinna wa ma baynahunna fa wudi`na fikaffati al-mizani wa wudi`at shahadatu an La ilaha illallahu fi al-kaffatial-ukhra la rajahat bihinna. "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if theheavens and the earth and all that are in them and everything that is inbetween were brought and placed in one pan of the Balance, and the witnessingthat there is no god but Allah were placed in the other, the latter wouldoutweigh the former."
40. After the passing of the Prophet --Allah bless and greet him -- from this world Abu Bakr said to the Companions:"I asked Allah's Messenger what basic thing was necessary for salvationand he replied that whoever accepts the Word which I brought and which Ioffered to my uncle Abu Talib and which he rejected: this Word constitutessalvation for him." .
Blessingsand peace on the Prophet, his Family, and his Companions.
Tabarani narrated it from Abu Dharr in the Kabir(7:55), Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (31), al-Hakim in his Mustadrak(4:251), al-Mundhiri in al-Targhib (2:422), al-Haythami in Majma`al-zawa'id (1:18), Ibn `Adi (7:2639), Abu Nu`aym in the Hilya(7:174), and al-Bazzar from `Umar.
Nasa'i, Tabarani and others from Abu al-Darda' - sahih.
Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim from `Ubada ibnal-Samit.
Narrated from `Abd Allah ibn `Amr ibn al-`As byAhmad, Tirmidhi (Iman 17 - hasan gharib), al-Hakim, and Bayhaqiin Shu`ab al-iman.
Bukhari narrates in his Sahih (Volume9, Book 93, Number 601):
Narrated by Tirmidhi, Qiyama 11; Abu Dawud, Sunna31; Ibn Maja, Zuhd 37; and Ahmad 3:213.
Narrated by Ibn `Adi on the authority of `Umar.
al-Bazzar narrates it from `Umar.
Narrated by al-Nasa'i from Sahl ibn Hunayf and Zaydibn Khalid al-Jahni.
Ahmad related it in his Musnad (1:63#449).
Narrated by Bukhari in his Sahih(Volume 8, Book 78, Number 672). Muslim also narrates it in his Sahih.
Ahmad related it from Mu`adh and Haythami said in Majma`al-zawa'id: "The men in its chain has been declared trustworthy (thiqa)although there is interruption in the transmission."
Narrated by Tabarani from Mu`qal ibn Yasar. Wahbconfirmed its authenticity as related in one of the chapter-titles in Bukhari'sSahih.
Narrated by Bukhari, vol. 8 p.288 #431.
Narrated by Ahmad and Bukhari from `Utban ibn Malik.
Narrated by Ahmad from Ma`iz with a sound chain.
Narrated by Muslim, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, andAhmad
Narrated from Mu`adh by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, andal-Hakim.
Related by Imam Nawawi in his book al-Tarkhisfi al-ikram bi al-qiyam li dhawi al-fadl wa al-maziyya min ahl al-Islam(p. 84).
Narrated by Muslim and Ahmad from `Uthman.
Narrated by Muslim from Abu Hurayra.
Muslim and Tirmidhi narrated it.
Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim (Iman
Narrated by Muslim, Ahmad and Bayhaqi from Anas.Muslim says: "Mu`adh narrated it at the time of his death to avoid sinning(by keeping it to himself)."
Narrated by Bukhari from Abu Hurayra.
Narrated by Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Tayalisi, AbuDawud, Nasa'i, al-`Adni, Abu `Awana, al-Tahawi, al-Hakim, and Bayhaqi.
Narrated by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Shafi`i in hisMusnad, and Bayhaqi in the Shu`ab.
Tirmidhi (hasan), Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, IbnHibban, Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-iman, from Jabir ibn `Abd Allah.
Narrated by Tirmidhi from `Abd Allah ibn `Umar.Suyuti in al-Jami` al-saghir said it is sound (sahih).
The chain of this hadith is fair (hasan).Narrated from Ya`la ibn Shaddad's father and `Ubada ibn al-Samit by Ahmad,Nasa'i, Tabarani, al-Hakim, al-Mundhiri in al-Targhib, andothers. Al-Haythami said in Majma` al-zawa'id: "Thesub-narrators in its chain are trustworthy."
Ahmad and Tabarani in al-Awsat relate it with a soundchain, as stated by Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id.
Ibn Abi al-Dunya narrated it, and Suyuti cites it inhis commentary of verse 2:18 in al-Durr al-manthur.
Related by Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Tirmidhi (hasansahih), Bayhaqi, Nasa'i, Tabarani, Ibn Majah, and Ibn Khuzayma from Anas.
Related by Tabarani and al-Bazzar (hasan).
Narrated from Abu al-Darda' by Ahmad, Tirmidhi, IbnMajah, Ibn Abi al-Dunya, al-Hakim (sahih), al-Dhahabi (who confirmedal-Hakim), and others.
Narrated from Mu`adh ibn Jabal by Ahmad. Haythamisaid in Majma` al-zawa'id that the sub-narrators in its chain oftransmission are the men of sound hadith, although the Tabi`i link ismissing; however, Tabarani narrated it through a second chain which is entirelysound (sahih). Also narrated with the word al-`abd (Allah's servant)instead of adamiyyun (a human being) by Malik in his Muwatta', Tirmidhi,Ibn Majah, al-Hakim (sahih), and al-Dhahabi (who confirmed al-Hakim).
." Ibn `Abd al-Barr reports it in Fadlal-`ilm with a weak chain. See also Ithaf al-sadat al-muttaqin(1:85), Suyuti's al-Durr al-manthur (2:221), and al-Mundhiri's al-Tarhibwa al-Targhib (3:525).
Related by Tabarani and by Suyuti in al-Durral-manthur. Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id stated that the sub-narrators in itschain are trustworthy, but that the Tabi`i link is missing.
Related by Ahmad (1:6), Tabarani in al-Awsat,Tayalisi in his Musnad, Ibn Sa`d in his Tabaqat (2/2:84-85), Abu Ya`la, Ibn AbiShayba, Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-iman (1:107-108 #92-93) and al-Bazzar. See above,hadiths #10-11. This hadith is sound although in Ahmad the link betweenal-Zuhri and Abu Bakr and `Uthman is not named other than "a man from thetrustworthy people among the Ansar," while Bayhaqi's and Tayalisi'snarration from al-Zuhri is from Sa`id ibn al-Musayyib from `Abd Allah ibn `Amribn al-`As
