Likewise...

Likewise, the following traditionalists (among hundreds of others) have said that this Hadith is Sahih (correct): Abu Abdillah Mahamili Baghdadi in his 'Amali'; Hafidh ibn Abdil Bar Qartabi in isti ab'; Ibn-ul- Maghazili Shafi'i in 'Manaqib'; Ghazali in `Sirrul- Alamin'; Abul-Faraj ibn Jauzi in his `Manaqib'; Sibt ibn Jauzi in ` Tadhkira'; Ibn Abil Hadid Mu'tazili in his 'Sharh-e-Nahjul-Baldgha'; Abu Abdillah Ganji Shafi'i in 'Kifaya'; Alauddin Semnani in 'Al- Urwatul-Wuthqa; Ibn Hajar Asqalani in ` Tahzibut- Tahzib'; Ibn Katheer Demashqi in his `Tarikh'; Jalaluddin Suyuti; Qastalani in 'Mawahib'; 14)Ibn Hajar Makki in 'Sawa'iq'; Abdul-Haq Dehlawi in `Sharhul-Mishkat' and many others.

It should be mentioned here that all the names mentioned above are of Sunni scholars. Previous…