^5 Imam al-Dhahabi (d.

^5 Imam al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H) agrees: صحيح Sahih ^6 While analyzing this same hadith , ‘Allamah al-Albani (d. 1420 H) says: أخرجه الحاكم في «المستدرك» … وقال: «صحيح الإسناد ولم يخرجاه» ، ووافقه الذهبي. قلت: وهو كما قالا Al-Hakim recorded it in al-Mustadrak … and said: “It has a sahih chain but they both have not recorded it” and al-Dhahabi agreed with him. I say: It is as they both have said (i.e.

it truly has a sahih chain) .[^7] In other words, the awliya of Allah will have ranks and positions on the Day of al-Qiyamah which even prophets and martyrs will envy. It must be noted that “envy” in Arabic is of two types: al-hasad and al-ghabṭ . Imam Ibn al-Athir (d. 606 H), a top Sunni hadith…