as a migrant in Your cause, and was killed as a martyr — I am a witness to that.”(1)

1954 — Qutaybah informed us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Yazid, from Abi al-Khayr, from ‘Uqbah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day and prayed over the people of Uhud as one prays over the dead, then he turned to the pulpit and said: “I am your forerunner, and I am(2) a witness over you.”(3)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. ‘Abdullah: he is Ibn al-Mubarak, and Ibn Jurayj: he is ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, and he explicitly stated that he narrated it by hearing, so any suspicion of tadlis is removed. It is in *al-Sunan al-Kubra* under number (2091), and he said after it: We do not know of anyone who followed Ibn al-Mubarak in this, and the correct version is: Ibn Abi ‘Ammar, from Ibn Shaddad ibn al-Had. And Ibn al-Mubarak is one of the imams, and perhaps the error came from someone other than him, and Allah knows best. And the author’s statement is refuted by what will follow:
For al-Tahawi transmitted it in *Sharh Ma‘ani al-Athar* 1/505 via the path of Nu‘aym ibn Hammad, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, with this chain of transmission.
And ‘Abd al-Razzaq transmitted it in his *Musannaf* (6651) and (9597) — and via his path al-Hakim 3/595–596, and al-Tabarani in *al-Kabir* (7108), and al-Bayhaqi in *al-Sunan* 4/15, and in *al-Dala’il* 4/222 — from Ibn Jurayj, with it.
Al-Sindi said: His saying: “If you are truthful with Allah” means: if you are truthful in what you say and in what you covenant with Allah upon, He will reward you for your truthfulness by granting you what you seek. And his saying: “then he prayed over him” — this indicates the prayer over the martyr.
(2) In (R) and (M) and a copy in the margin of (K): “your forerunner and indeed I.”
(3) Its chain of transmission is sound. Qutaybah: he is Ibn Sa‘id, and Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa‘d, and Yazid: he is Ibn Abi Habib, and Abu al-Khayr: he is Marthad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Yazani, and ‘Uqbah: he is Ibn ‘Amir. It is in *al-Sunan al-Kubra* under number (2092).
And Muslim transmitted it (2296): (30), and Abu Dawud (3223), both from Qutaybah, with this chain of transmission.
Muslim’s narration is lengthy, and Abu Dawud’s narration is abridged.
And it was transmitted — in full — by Ahmad (17344) and (17397), and al-Bukhari (1344), (3596), (4085), (6426), and (6590), and Ibn Hibban (3198) via multiple paths from Al-Layth, with it.
And it was transmitted by Ahmad (17402), al-Bukhari (4042), and Abu Dawud (4224) via the path of Haywah ibn =