Ibn ‘Asākir’s narration in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45...

Ibn ‘Asākir’s narration in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:159) has eighteen witnesses. Tabarānī related it in Mu‘jam-us-saghīr (1:64, 65) and it had twelve witnesses, including Abū Hurayrah, Abū Sa‘īd and Anas bin Mālik (RA). Haythamī copied in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:108). [37].

Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (2:576 # 1987); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:106); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:157, 158); Muhib Tabarī, ar-Riyād-un-nadrah fī manāqib-il-‘ashrah (3:127); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:157 # 36485); and Shawkānī in Darr-us-sahābah (p.211). [38].

Ahmd bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (1:118); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:67 # 12140); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (3:69, 134 # 2130, 2275), al-Mu‘jam-us-saghīr (1:65); Diyā’ Maqdisī, al-Ahādīth-ul-mukhtārah (2:105, 106 # 480); Abū Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā ’ (5:26); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:160); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:157 # 36485).

Nasā’ī narrated it with sound ( sahīh ) chain of authorities in Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp.90, 100 # 84, 95). Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:107,108) that Tabarānī’s chain of authorities is hasan (fair). [39]. The (RA) who took part in defensive war fought at the plain of Badr near Medina after the aggression of Makkans on Medinan Muslims. [40].

Ahmad bin Hambal narrated it in al-Musnad (1:119); Tahāwī, Mashkal-ul-āthār (2:308); Diyā’ Maqdisī, al-Ahādīth-ul-mukhtārah (2:80, 81 # 458); Khatīb Baghdādī, Tārīkh Baghdad (14:236); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:156, 157); Ibn Athīr, Asad-ul-ghābah (4:102, 103); Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:170; 5:461, 462); and Shawkānī in Darr-us-sahābah (p.209). Ibn ‘Asākir related it from Ziyād bin Abī Ziyād too in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:161).

Muhib Tabarī related it from Ziyād bin Abī Ziyād in ar-Riyād-un-nadrah fī manāqib-il-‘ashrah (3:128). Haythamī says in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:105, 106) that it has been narrated by Abū Ya‘lā in al-Musnad (1:257 # 563) and its men are thiqah (trustworthy). Hindī says in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:170 # 36515) that this tradition has also been narrated by Ibn Jarīr, Sa‘īd bin Mansūr and Ibn Athīr Jazarī.

Ahmad bin Hambal has related the tradition from Ziyād bin Abī Ziyād also in al-Musnad (1:88); and Haythamī has copied it in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:106) and declared its men trustworthy ( rijāluhū thiqah ).…