in Allāh, but if you are a people who fear cowardice within yourselves, then clarify that, for it is an excuse for you before Allāh. They said: "Move away from us, O Saʿd! By Allāh, we will never abandon this pledge nor will we ever strip it away." He said: "So we went to him and pledged allegiance to him, and he took from us a condition: and he promised us Paradise for that." I said: And this isnād is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim, and Abū al-Zubayr explicitly mentioned narrating it in some of the paths from him. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr said in his history "al-Bidāyah wa-al-Nihāyah" (3/159-160): "It was narrated by Aḥmad and al-Bayhaqī, and this isnād is good according to the criteria of Muslim, but they did not include it." Then I saw it in "al-Mustadrak" (2/624-625) from the mentioned perspective, and he said: "Authentic isnād, comprehensive for the pledge of al-ʿAqabah." And al-Dhahabī agreed with him. Then he narrated a small portion and al-Dhahabī confirmed it. From its end from another path from Jābir with it. And he said: "Authentic according to the criteria of Muslim."

- "Whoever says: 'Glory is to Allāh the Magnificent and with His praise,' a palm tree is planted for him in Paradise." Narrated by Ibn Abī Shaybah in "al-Muṣannaf" (12/125/2) and al-Tirmidhī (2/258/259)