“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.”
[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.]
