Glad Tidings to Him Who Controls His Tongue
2 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd Allāh narrated to me, ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tamīmī narrated to me, saying: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from Shuraḥbīl ibn Muslim al-Khawlānī, from Thawbān, the freed slave of the Messenger of God, Peace and blessings of God be upon him, who said: "Blessed is he who controls his tongue, whose house is sufficient for him, and who weeps over his sin." (1)
Notes
- (1) Its chain of transmission is good (hasan); and it is authentic (sahih):
Abū Dāwūd transmitted it in "al-Zuhd" under no. (378), Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim in "al-Zuhd" (74), and Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr in his "Sunan" under no. (2897), through several routes from Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh, with it.
I say: And this chain of transmission is good (hasan).
I say: It was narrated from Ismāʿīl by both: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tamīmī and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Najda, while ʿĪsā ibn Sulaymān differed with them and narrated it from Ismāʿīl directly back to the Prophet (marfu'):
al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it in "al-Awsaṭ" (2361 = 5102 – Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn), "al-Ṣaghīr" under no. (204), and in "Musnad al-Shāmiyyīn" (548, 459).
al-Ṭabarānī said: "This hadith is not narrated from Thawbān except through this chain of transmission; ʿĪsā ibn Sulaymān was unique in narrating it, and he is trustworthy. I heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal say: I heard my father say: Shuraḥbīl ibn Muslim is among the trustworthy Levantine narrators. And Ibn ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shayba narrated to us, saying: I heard Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn say: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh is trustworthy in what he narrated from the Levantines; as for his narration from the people of the Hijaz, his book was lost, so he mixed up his memorization from them." End quote.
I say: Based on what has preceded, we say: The hadith with this chain of transmission is authentic (sahih). And Allah is the Grantor of success.
I say: And it has been reported as a statement of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam, peace be upon him:
Wakīʿ transmitted it (31, 255), Aḥmad (55), Ibn al-Mubārak (p. 53), and Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in "al-Ṣamt" under no. (15), from the route of Sufyān al-Thawrī, from Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir, from Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd, who said: ʿĪsā ibn Maryam, peace be upon him, said... and he mentioned it.
I say: And this is an authentic chain of transmission (isnad) up to Sālim. And Allah is the Grantor of success.
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