" It was narrated by Aḥmad, al-Bazzār, al-Ṭabarānī, and Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shāmī. Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him and no one criticized him, and the rest of its narrators are those of the authentic collections." I said: "It is in the Musnad (4/369) through the route of al-Ṭayālisī, and Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shāmī is among the biographies that the ḥāfiẓ did not encounter, as he said in "al-Taʿjīl": Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shāmī from Muʿāwiyah and from Shuʿbah. This is how al-Haythamī mentioned him, and I did not see any mention of him in the original Musnad, nor did al-Ḥusaynī include him." And in "al-Mīzān": "Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shāmī from Tamīm al-Dārī and from him Ḍirār ibn ʿAmr al-Malṭī, who is unknown." I said: He is from this class, so perhaps he is the one from whom Shuʿbah narrated, thus he would have two narrators. And it has been said: Shuʿbah only narrates from trustworthy individuals. And Allāh knows best. It has been authentically reported from Muʿāwiyah that he heard it from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) with the wording: "A group from my nation will continue to uphold the command of Allāh, unharmed by those who forsake them or oppose them, until the command of Allāh comes while they are dominant over the people." It was recorded by Muslim (6/53) and Aḥmad (4/101) from Yaḥyá ibn Ḥamzah from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir that ʿUmayr ibn Hāniʾ narrated to him, saying: I heard Muʿāwiyah on the pulpit saying: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: and he mentioned it. Aḥmad added: Then Mālik ibn Yukhāmir al-Saksakī stood up and said: O Commander of the Believers, I heard Muʿādh ibn Jabal say: They are the people of Shām. Muʿāwiyah then raised his voice and said: This is Mālik claiming that he heard Muʿādh say: They are the people of Shām. And it was recorded by al-Bukhārī (4/187 and 8/189) from al-Walīd ibn Muslim who said: Ibn Jābir narrated it to me similarly, and it includes the addition. There are other routes for the ḥadīth from Muʿāwiyah, so see: "A group from my nation will continue..." number (1971) and "Whomever Allāh wishes good for, He grants him understanding..." number (1195).