1
This is a mutawaatir fact, so detail
is not necessaary, although some of the
evidence for it will follow.
2
see Appendix 3.
3
Collected by Bukhaari, Muslim & Siraaj.
4
Collected by Bukhaari, Muslim & Siraaj.
Its takhreej is given in Irwaa' al-Ghaleel
(289 & 588)
5
Muslim; Tirmidhi declared it saheeh.
6
Abu Daawood, Ibn Hibbaan in Thiqaat
(1/12), Diyaa' in Mukhtaarah with
a hasan sanad,; Ibn as-Sukn declared
it saheeh, as did Ibn Al-Mulaqqin in
Khulaasah badr al-Muneer (22/1) and,
before them, `Abdul Haqq al-Ishbeeli
in his Ahkaam (no. 1394 with my checking).
Ahmad used it as proof, as Ibn Haani
reported from him in his Masaa'il(1/67).
7
Ahmad & Tirmidhi , who declared it
saheeh.
8
Bukhaari & Ahmad.
9
Bukhaari & Muslim.
10
Baihaqi with a sanad meeting the requirements
of Bukhaari and Muslim.
11
Tirmidhi and Haakim, who declared it
saheeh, and I have given it in Irwaa'
al-Ghaleel (292), the publication of
which Allaah has made easy.
12
Daaraqutni, Haakim, Baihaqi, Tirmidhi,
Ibn Maajah & Tabaraani; it is given
in Irwaa' (296)
13
Bukhaari, Muslim, Ahmad, Siraaj, Tabaraani
(3/108/2) & Ibn Sa`d (1/234). It
is also in Irwaa' (290)