Now, let us see the following weak witness: The second chain...

Now, let us see the following weak witness: The second chain of transmission of the narration, “wa sunnati” {and my tradition} With a chain of transmission that will come later on, Hakim al-Nayshaburi thus relates on the authority of Abu Hurayrah in a narration termed marfu‘ :[^12] "إني قد ترتكت فيكم شيئين لن تضلّوا بعدهما: كتاب الله وسنتي لن يفترقا حتى يردا عليَّ الحوض".

Verily, I am leaving among you two things to which (if you hold fast) you shall never go astray: the Book of Allah and my Sunnah {tradition} and they will never separate (from each other) until they meet me at the Pond { hawd } (of Kawthar ).[^13] Hakim has transmitted this narration with the following chain of transmission: “Ad-Dabi relating on the authority of Salih ibn Musa at-Talhi from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Rafi‘ from Abi Salih from Abu…