I said: This is a sound isnād, all of its narrators are trustworthy, the narrators of the two Shaykhs except for Abū ʿAqīl, whose name is Zahrah ibn Maʿbad, and he is among the narrators of al-Bukhārī alone. When this authentic mursal is combined with the connected narrations of Muʿādh and Abū Hurayrah, the ḥadīth is strengthened and reaches the rank of ḥasan at the very least.

"Rulers will come after me who will make known to you what you disapprove of and disapprove of what you know. Whoever among you encounters that, there is no obedience to one who disobeys Allāh." It was recorded by al-ʿUqaylī in "al-Ḍuʿafāʾ" (225) and al-Ḥākim (3/356) through the route of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wāqid from Abū al-Zubayr from Jābir from ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit as marfūʿ. Al-Ḥākim said: "Its isnād is ṣaḥīḥ." Al-Dhahabī refuted it by saying: "I said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wāqid is the sole narrator of it, and he is weak." Al-Munāwī said afterward: "It is known that the author's symbol for its ḥasan status is not correct." Al-ʿUqaylī said: "There is a narration on this topic from another route that is better than this narration, differing in wording." Al-Suyūṭī also attributed the ḥadīth to al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr. I did not see it in "al-Majmaʿ," and perhaps his symbol for its ḥasan status is due to another route from ʿUbādah that includes an addition not found in this route. Therefore, I included it in "al-Silsilah al-Ukhrā" (1353), and as for this one, I sought Allāh's guidance and included it here to strengthen it with the combination of the two routes. And Allāh is the guide to the straight path. Then I found a supporting narration from the ḥadīth of Ibn Masʿūd as marfūʿ with the wording: