regarding the rest of the men in its isnād, for I fear that among them is someone whom only Ibn Ḥibbān has deemed reliable. I have seen that al-Ḥāfiẓ in "al-Iṣābah" mentioned the ḥadīth from the narration of Ibn Mandah through the route of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥārith al-Makhzūmī from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAyyāsh. If it is with al-Ṭabarānī from this route, then my fear is confirmed; because ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥārith was only deemed reliable by Ibn Ḥibbān (7/32), and neither he, al-Bukhārī, nor Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned any narrator for him other than his brother: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith, making him unknown. Furthermore, he mentioned him among the (Followers of the Followers), and al-Bukhārī indicated this by saying in "al-Tārīkh": "He saw Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿUmar." Accordingly, the ḥadīth would be disconnected between him and ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAyyāsh if his companionship is established; otherwise, it would be mursal. And Allāh knows best. *
في بقية رجال إسناده، فإني أخشى أن يكون فيهم من لم يوثقه غير ابن حبان، فقد رأيت الحافظ في "الإصابة" قد ذكر الحديث من رواية ابن منده من طريق عبد الله بن الحارث المخزومي عن عبد الله بن عياش به. فإن كان عند الطبراني من هذا الوجه؛ فقد صح ما خشيته؛ لأن عبد الله بن الحارث هذا لم يوثقه غير ابن حبان (٧/٣٢) ، ولم يذكر له- هو والبخاري وابن أبي حاتم- راوياً غير أخيه: عبد الرحمن بن الحارث، فيكون مجهولاً. ثم إنه ذكره في (أتباع التابعين) ، وقد أشار إلى ذلك البخاري بقوله في "التاريخ ":"رأى ابن عباس وابن عمر". وعليه يكون الحديث منقطعاًً بينه وبين عبد الله بن عياش إن ثبتت صحبته؛ وإلا فيكون مرسلاً. والله أعلم. *
- (Mūsá asked his Lord about six qualities; he thought they were exclusively his, and the seventh Mūsá did not like: 1 - He said: O my Lord! Which of Your servants is the most pious? He said: The one who remembers and does not forget. 2 - He said: Which of Your servants is the most guided? He said: The one who follows guidance. 3 - He said: Which of Your servants is the most just? He said: The one who judges for people as he judges for himself. 4 - He said: Which of Your servants is the most knowledgeable? He said: The one who is not satiated with knowledge; he gathers the knowledge of people to his own knowledge
- (سأل موسى ربَّه عن ستِّ خصال؛ كان يظن أنَّها له خالصة، والسابعة لمْ يكن موسى يحبُّها: ١ - قال: يا ربِّ! أي عبادك أتقى؟ قال: الذي يذكر ولا ينسى. ٢- قال: فأيُّ عبادك أهدى؟ قال: الذي يتبع الهدى. ٣- قال: فأيُّ عبادك أحكم؛ قال: الذي يحكم للناس كما يحكم لنفسه. ٤- قال: فأيُّ عبادك أعلم؟ قال: الذي لا يشْبعُ من العلم؛ يجمع علم الناس إلى علمه.