Thiqah (trustworthy), thabt (accurate) .

Thiqah (trustworthy), thabt (accurate) .[^3] Elsewhere, he adds about him: روى عنه) خ (مائة حديث وثلاثة أحاديث ومسلم سبعمائة واثنتين وسبعين حديثا Al-Bukhari narrated 103 ahadith from him (in his Sahih ), and Muslim also narrated 772 ahadith (from him in his Sahih ).[^4] Apparently, he was a super-weight in Sunni ahadith . Al-Hafiz also says about the second narrator: عبد الوهاب بن عبد المجيد بن الصلت الثقفي أبو محمد البصري ثقة تغير قبل موته بثلاث سنين ‘Abd al-Wahhab b. ‘Abd al-Majid b.

al-Salt al-Thaqafi, Abu Muhammad al-Basri: Thiqah (trustworthy) . He changed (i.e. his memory weakened) 3 years before his death.[^5] In his Lisan , he gives further, crucial information about him: لكنه ما ضر تغيره حديثه فإنه ما حدث بحديث في زمن التغير But, his change (in memory) does not harm his ahadith , for he never narrated a single hadith during the period of the change.[^6] So, what about the remaining narrators?

Shaykh al-Arnauṭ saves us a lot of time with this tahqiq : حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا عفان ثنا وهيب ثنا خالد الحذاء عن أبي قلابة عن أنس بن مالك عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم .... إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad) – my father (Ahmad b. Hanbal) – ‘Affan – Wuhayb – Khalid al-Haza – Abu Qilabah – Anas b. Malik – the Prophet, peace be upon him ....

Its chain is sahih UPON THE STANDARD OF THE TWO SHAYKHS .[^7] We understand from this that both Khalid al-Haza and Abu Qilabah are thiqah (trustworthy) narrators of both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim , like Muhammad b. al-Muthanna. Interestingly, Imam al-Hakim (d. 403 H), Imam al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H) and ‘Allamah al-Albani (d. 1420 H) also confirm that the second narrator is like the others too in this regard.

The ‘Allamah writes: أخرجه الترمذي (2 / 309) وابن ماجه (154) وابن حبان (2218) و (2219) والحاكم (3 / 422) من طريق عبد الوهاب بن عبد المجيد الثقفي حدثنا خالد الحذاء عن أبي قلابة عن أنس قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: فذكره، وقال الترمذي: " حديث حسن صحيح ". وقال الحاكم: " هذا إسناد صحيح على شرط الشيخين ". ووافقه الذهبي وهو كما قالا. Al-Tirmidhi (2/309), Ibn Majah (154), Ibn Hibban (2218) and al-Hakim (3/422) narrated it through the route of ‘ABD AL-WAHHAB B.

‘ABD AL-MAJID AL-THAQAFI – Khalid al-Haza – Abu Qilabah – Anas – the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Al-Tirmidhi said: “The hadith is hasan sahih ”. Al-Hakim (also) said, “ This chain is sahih UPON THE STANDARD OF THE TWO SHAYKHS ”.