1168 - ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Raqqi al-Qattan informed me, saying: Harith ibn ‘Atiyyah narrated to us — and he was among the most ascetic of people — from Hisham, from Hammad, from Ibrahim, from ‘Alqamah, from Ibn Mas‘ud, who said:

When we prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, we used to say: "Peace be upon Allah, peace be upon Jibril, peace be upon Mika’il." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do not say: 'Peace be upon Allah,' for Allah is al-Salam (the Source of Peace). Rather, say: 'At-tahiyyatu lillahi, wa-s-salawatu wa-t-tayyibat, as-salamu ‘alayka ayyuha n-nabiyyu wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh, as-salamu ‘alayna wa-‘ala ‘ibadillahi s-salihin, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, wa-ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa-rasuluh.'" (All greetings, prayers, and good words are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.)

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= Muhammad ibn Jabalah al-Rafiqi, and Hammad — who is Ibn Abi Sulayman — both are truthful (saduq). Ibrahim: he is Ibn Yazid al-Nakha‘i, and it is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (757).

Hisham al-Dastuwa’i followed Zayd ibn Abi Unaysah on this chain of transmission, as will come in the hadith after this one.

It was also narrated by Abu Dawud (969/m) (though he did not cite its wording), and by al-Hakim in "Al-Mustadrak" 1/265 via the route of Sharik, from Jami‘ ibn Shaddad (or: Ibn Abi Rashid), from Abu Wa’il, from ‘Abdullah, with it, and in it: "And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had been taught the comprehensive words and their conclusions..."

Reference should be made to the preceding hadiths before it and the following hadiths after it, and to other routes of the hadith in "‘Ilal" of al-Daraqutni 2/348-349.

(1) The word "al-Qattan" is from (R) and (M), and in the margin of (K) (a copy), and it came as a variant in the margin of (H) instead of "al-Raqqi."

(2) A sound (sahih) hadith. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Raqqi, Harith ibn ‘Atiyyah, and Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman are all truthful (saduq), and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy (thiqat). It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (758).

The hadith of Ibn Mas‘ud has preceded in the earlier hadiths without the addition of his saying: "Wahdahu la sharika lah" (alone, with no partner). Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in "Fath al-Bari" 2/315 that this addition came in Ibn Abi Shaybah’s narration via Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud, from his father, but the hadith in his "Musannaf" (3004) is without this addition. It came in his "Musnad" (422) via the route of Fitr ibn Khalifah, from Abu Ishaq al-Sabi‘i, from Abu al-Ahwas, from Ibn Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him, and its narrators are trustworthy, except that Fitr’s hearing from Abu Ishaq is not =