and there is a supporting narration for the ḥadīth from the narration of Sulaym ibn ʿĀmir from Abū Umāmah, elevated [to the Prophet], similar to it. It was recorded by al-Ḥākim (2/476) who said: "Its isnād is authentic." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him, and Ibn Abī al-Dunyā narrated it similarly, and al-Mundhirī considered its chain good in "al-Targhīb wa-al-Tarhīb" (4/260). (Note): A part of the ḥadīth was omitted from "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr," which corrupted the meaning, and something similar is in "al-Majmaʿ," so it should be corrected here from the narration of "al-Musnad."

"I advise you to have taqwá of Allāh and to listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave is appointed over you, for whoever among you lives after me will see great differences. You must adhere to my sunnah and the sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs after me. Hold onto it with your molars [and beware of newly invented matters, for every innovation is a bidʿah and every bidʿah is a misguidance]." It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in "Musnad al-Shāmiyyīn" (p. 136) through two routes, and in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (18/248/623) from one of them, from Arṭāh ibn al-Mundhir from al-Muhāṣir ibn Ḥabīb from al-ʿIrbāḍ ibn Sāriyah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) gave us an eloquent sermon after the morning prayer that made the eyes weep and the hearts tremble. A man from his companions said: O Messenger of Allāh! It is as if it is a farewell sermon. He said: and he mentioned it. I say: This isnād is authentic, all of its narrators are trustworthy as I clarified in "Ẓilāl al-Jannah" (numbers 28 and 29), and it is in the takhrīj of "Kitāb al-Sunnah" by Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim, and the addition is his. He and the authors of the Sunan and others have recorded it through many routes from al-ʿIrbāḍ (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu), so refer to it in "al-Ẓilāl" (26-34 and 1037-1045), and "Musnad al-Shāmiyyīn" (p. 237, 276, and 403). I preferred to extract this one here due to its rarity, and the fame of those, and some of it is in "al-Shāmiyyīn" (p. 154)