the authenticity of his hearing from Qatāda, may God be pleased with him.
Saʿīd b. al-Ḥārith al-Anṣārī: A reliable Successor (Tabi'i). Al-Bukhārī and Muslim narrated from him.
Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān b. Abī al-Mughīra b. Ḥunayn (or Yaḥyā) al-Madīnī, the freed slave of the family of Zayd b. al-Khaṭṭāb, and ʿUbayd b. Ḥunayn from his father: He was differed over, but there is no problem with him. Ibn ʿAdī said:
"Al-Bukhārī relied upon him in his Ṣiḥāḥ and narrated much from him, and in my view, there is no problem with him."
I say: Al-Bukhārī narrated more than fifty hadiths from him, and Muslim included his narrations in his Ṣaḥīḥ. This hadith is from the hadiths of his household, so he paid special attention to it.
Muḥammad b. Fulayḥ: There is no problem with him. Al-Bukhārī used him as evidence in his Ṣaḥīḥ, and al-Dāraquṭnī said: "He is reliable; ʿAbd Allāh b. Wahb narrated from him despite his seniority."
Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī: He was criticized just as al-Bukhārī was criticized regarding the issue of the Qurʾān, but in hadith, he is reliable. Al-Bukhārī narrated from him in his Ṣaḥīḥ.]
The text between brackets [ ] is from al-Sammārī's editing of Naqḍ al-Dārimī (p. 386).
The scholars differed regarding the ruling on this hadith. Among those who authenticated this hadith are:
Abū Mūsā al-Madīnī, as al-Dashtī transmitted his statement.
Abū Muḥammad al-Khallāl, as preceded shortly before.
Al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā in Ibṭāl al-Taʾwīlāt (p. 228), for he used it as evidence and said:
"Know that this report provides several benefits, among them: the permissibility of applying the term 'lying on the back' to Him, not in the sense of seeking rest... etc."
I say: Then he spoke with the rhetoric of the Mufawwiḍa, as is his habit when speaking on the chapters of attributes.
Ibn al-Qayyim in Ijtimāʿ al-Juyūsh (p. 108), who said: "Its chain of transmission is Sahih (Authentic) according to the condition of al-Bukhārī." End quote.
Al-Dhahabī in Al-ʿUluww (110), who said: "Its narrators are reliable." End quote.
