Note this chain documented by Imam al-Hakim...

^14 Al-Dhahabi also reiterates: على شرط البخاري ومسلم ( Sahih ) upon the standard of al-Bukhari and Muslim. ^15 As such, all the narrators of the athar are thiqah (trustworthy). But then, is there any break between Shu’bah and Abu Ishaq? We have seen the unbroken connection between all the other narrators except these two.

This chain, recorded by al-Hakim, puts the seal on things: حدثني محمد بن صالح بن هانئ ثنا المسيب بن زهير ثنا عاصم بن علي ثنا شعبة عن أبي إسحاق قال : سمعت وهب بن جابر يحدث عن عبد الله بن عمرو رضي الله عنهما Muhammad b. Salih b. Hani – al-Musayyab b. Zuhayr – ‘Asim b. ‘Ali – Shu’bah – Abu Ishaq – Wahb b. Jabir – ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr, may Allah be pleased with them both[^16] Al-Hakim states: هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين This hadith is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs.

^17 Al-Dhahabi agrees: على شرط البخاري ومسلم ( Sahih ) upon the standard of al-Bukhari and Muslim. ^18 Simply put, the chain of the athar of Ibn Mas’ud is sahih . All the narrators are thiqah (trustworthy), and there is no disconnection whatsoever in the sanad . [^1]: Abu ‘Abd Allah Ahmad b. Hanbal al-Shaybani, Musnad (Cairo: Muasassat Qurtubah) [annotator: Shu’ayb al-Arnaut], vol. 5, p. 113, # 21122 [^3]: Ibid, vol. 5, p. 113, # 21123 [^5]: Ibid, vol. 5, p.

113, # 21124 [^7]: Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad b. Isma’il b. Ibrahim b. Mughirah al-Bukhari al-J’ufi, al-Jami’ al-Ṣahih al-Mukhtasar (Beirut: Dar Ibn Kathir; 3rd edition, 1407 H) [annotator: Dr. Mustafa Dib al-Bagha], vol. 4, p. 1628, # 4211 [^8]: Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi, al-Mustadrak ‘ala al-Ṣahihayn (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-’Ilmiyyah; 1st edition, 1411 H) [annotator: Mustafa ‘Abd al-Qadir ‘Ata], vol. 3, p. 145, # 4656 [^10]: Ibid, vol. 4, p.

372, # 7963 [^13]: Ibid, vol. 2, p. 244, # 2888 [^16]: Ibid, vol. 4, p. 536, # 8505 Previous…