“Woe to you when the King sits upon His Chair (Kursi)...” [to the end of] the hadith.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “This hadith is preserved from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, through chains that are all authentic (sihah).”

I say: A group of scholars has authenticated it, as will be mentioned in its detailed documentation (takhrij) (49).

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Nuniyyah (p. 103):

“The mention of ‘Sitting’ has indeed occurred regarding Him, and in

A report narrated by Ja‘far, the Godly scholar (al-Rabbani).

I mean the cousin of our Prophet; and through others

It has also come, and the truth is the possessor of clarity.”

3. The hadith of Tha‘labah ibn al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says to the scholars on the Day of Resurrection, when He sits upon His Chair (Kursi) to judge His servants: ‘I did not place My knowledge and My judgment within you except that I intended to forgive you for what was in you, and I shall not mind.’”

[Recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir (2, h. 1381), and from him by Abu Nu‘aym in al-Ma‘rifah (1387). Ibn Kathir said in his Tafsir (5/267): “Its chain of transmission is good (jayyid).” Al-Haythami said in Majma‘ al-Zawa’id (1/126): “Its men are deemed reliable (muwaththaqun).” Al-Mundhiri said in al-Targhib wa-al-Tarhib (1/57): “Recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Kabir, and its narrators are trustworthy (thiqat).” End quote.

Al-Naji did not follow it up with any [criticism] in al-‘Ujalah.

Al-Busiri said in Ithaf al-Khiyarah (7937): “Recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Kabir with a chain whose narrators are trustworthy.” Al-Suyuti said in al-La’ali’ (1/221): “There is no harm in it.” End quote.

In the chain of transmission of this hadith is (al-‘Ala’ ibn Salim), as found in Abu Nu‘aym and Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir.]