1170 - Bishr ibn Khalid al-Askari informed us, saying: Ghundar narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, Mansur, Hammad, Mughirah, and Abu Hashim, from Abu Wa'il, from Abdullah, from the Prophet, peace be upon him, who said concerning the Tashahhud: "The greetings are for Allah, and the prayers and the good things. 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, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger." (1)

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= Reliable narrators; Khalid: he is Ibn al-Harith, and Abu Wa'il: he is Shaqiq ibn Salamah. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (759).

It has preceded via the route of Sufyan al-Thawri, from Mansur and Hammad, with it, under number (1165).

And it will follow after it via the route of Shu'bah, from al-A'mash, Mansur, Hammad, Mughirah, and Abu Hashim, from Abu Wa'il, with it. And consider the hadiths that preceded it and what will follow after it.

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound; its narrators are reliable except for Hammad — and he is Ibn Abi Sulayman — for he is truthful. Ghundar: he is Muhammad ibn Ja'far; Sulayman: he is Ibn Mihran al-A'mash; Mansur: he is Ibn al-Mu'tamir; Mughirah: he is Ibn Miqsam al-Dabbi; Abu Hashim: he is Yahya ibn Dinar al-Rummani, and other names have been mentioned for him; Abu Wa'il: he is Shaqiq ibn Salamah. The hadith is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (760).

Ahmad (4189) also recorded it — and from his route Abu Nu'aym in "Hilyat al-Awliya'" 7/179 — from Muhammad ibn Ja'far, with this chain of transmission. Abu Nu'aym said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far Ghundar was unique in combining these five narrators from Shu'bah.

Ahmad (4177) and Muslim (402): (56) also recorded it from Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Shu'bah, from Mansur alone, with it.

Ahmad (4422) recorded it from Muhammad ibn Ja'far, and Ibn Hibban (1949) via the route of Ali ibn al-Ja'd, both from Shu'bah, from Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, with it.

Ahmad (3622), (3920), and (4064), al-Bukhari (831) and (6230), Muslim (402): (58), Ibn Majah (899), the compiler in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" (11520), and Ibn Hibban (1955) recorded it via multiple routes from al-A'mash, with it.

Al-Bukhari (7381) recorded it via the route of Zuhayr ibn Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Hibban (1948) via the route of Hushaym =