and the ḥadīth was mentioned in "al-Majmaʿ" (7/288) with the first wording, and he said: "It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in (al-Ṣaghīr) (1) and (al-Kabīr), and the narrators of al-Kabīr are the narrators of the authentic [collections]." It is supported by the ḥadīth before it and other similar ḥadīths, some of which will follow.

"A group from my nation will continue to be apparent upon the truth, unharmed by those who forsake them until the command of Allāh comes while they are in that state." It was recorded by Muslim (6/52-53), Abū Dāwūd (2/202), al-Tirmidhī (2/36), Ibn Mājah (2/464-465), Aḥmad (5/278-279), and also al-Ḥākim (4/449-450) from the ḥadīth of Thawbān, raised [to the Prophet]. The ḥadīth was narrated with an addition in the wording: "A group from my nation will remain upon the religion, apparent, overpowering their enemy, unharmed by those who oppose them except for what afflicts them of hardship until the command of Allāh comes to them while they are in that state. They said: 'And where are they?' He said: 'In Bayt al-Maqdis and the surroundings of Bayt al-Maqdis.'" It was narrated by ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Imām Aḥmad in "al-Musnad" (5/269), saying: I found in my father's book in his own handwriting: Mahdī ibn Jaʿfar al-Ramlī narrated to me: Ḍamrah narrated to us from al-Shaybānī - whose name is Yaḥyá ibn Abī ʿAmr - from ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī from Abū Umāmah, raised [to the Prophet]. It was also narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Kabīr" (7643) through another chain from Ḍamrah ibn Rabīʿah with it. This isnād is weak due to the unknown status of ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī, as al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mīzān": "I do not know anyone who narrated from him except Yaḥyá ibn Abī ʿAmr al-Shaybānī."