[^4]: Dhahabi, Siyar alam an-nubala (2:127) [^5]: Mizzi,...

[^4]: Dhahabi, Siyar alam an-nubala (2:127) [^5]: Mizzi, Tahdhib-ul-kamal (26:391) 9 [^1]: Tirmidhi, al-Jami-us-sahih (5:660#3781) [^2]: Nasai, as-Sunan-ul-kubra (5:80,95#8298,8365) [^3]: Nasai, Fadhail-us-sahabah (p.58,72#193,260) [^4]: Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (5:391) [^5]: Ahmad bin Hambal, Fadail-us-sahabah (2:788#1406) [^6]: Ibn Abi Shaybah, al-Musannaf (6:388#32271) [^7]: Hakim, al-Mustadrak (3:164#4721,4722) [^8]: Tabarani, al-Mujam-ul-kabir (22:402#1005) [^9]: Bayhaqi, al-Itiqad (p.328) [^10]: Muhibb Tabari, Dhakhair-ul-uqba fi-manaqib dhaw-il-qurba (p.224) 10 [^1]: Haythami, Majma-uz-zawaid (9:201) [^2]: Bazzar, al-Musnad (3:102#885) 11 [^1]: Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (1:293,316) [^2]: Nasai, as-Sunan-ul-kubra (5:93,94#8355,8364) [^3]: Nasai, Fadail-us-sahabah (p.74,76#250,259) [^4]: Ibn Hibban, as-Sahih (15:470#7010) [^5]: Hakim, al-Mustadrak, (2:539#3836) [^6]: Hakim, al-Mustadrak (3:174,205#4754,4852) [^7]: Ahmad bin Hambal, Fadail-us-sahabah (2:760,761# 1339) [^8]: Abu Yala, al-Musnad (5:110#2722) [^9]: Shaybani, al-Aahad wal-mathani (5:364#2962) [^10]: Abd bin Humayd, al-Musnad (1:205#597) 12 Ahmad bin Hambal, Fadail-us-sahabah (2:760#1336) 13 [^1]: Tabarani, al-Mujam-ul-kabir (11:210#11685) [^2]: Haythami said in Majma-uz-zawaid (9:202) this tradition has been narrated by Tabarani and its narrators are thiqah (men of integrity).

[^3]: Sakhawi, Istijlab irtiqa al-ghuraf bi-hubb aqriba ar-rasul wa dhawi ash-sharf (p.117) 14 [^1]: Tabarani, al-Mujam-ul-kabir (22:407#1018) [^2]: Bazzar, al-Musnad (5:223#1829) [^3]: Hakim al-Mustadrak (3:165#4726) [^4]: Abu Nuaym, Hilat-ul-awliya wa tabaqat-ul-asfiya (4:188) [^5]: Sakhawi, Istijlab irtiqa al-ghuraf bi-hubb aqriba ar-rasul wa dhawi s-sharf (p.115,116) 15 [^1]: Daylami, al-Firdaws bi mathur al-khitab (1:346#1385) [^2]: Hindi narrated it in Kanz-ul-ummal (12:109#34227) and said Daylami has narrated the tradition through Abu Hurairah.

[^3]: Sakhawi said in Istijlab irtiqa al-ghuraf bi-hubb aqriba ar-rasul wa dhawi s-sharf (p.96) Daylami narrated it through Abu Hurayrah.