Mahdi Ahmed bin Yahya al-Murtađa, Izzadīn bin al-Hassan, Al-Mansur Billah Qāsim bin Muhammad, at-Tahqīq al-Hussein bin Qāsim, as well as their other ancestors and descendants.

[This also includes] their guardians, like the Imam of the Shiite world, Qađi Muhammad bin Sulayman in his Isnād, who narrated on the authorities of Abu Said [al-Khudri] from 6 different channels, Zayd bin Arqam from 3 different channels, and Hudhayfa.

[This also includes] the author of Al-Muhīt bil-Imama, Shaykh al-„Ālim al-Hāfiž Abul-Hassan „Ali bin al-Hussein, al-Hākim al-Jushmi, al-Hākim al-Haskāni, al-Hāfiž Abul-‟Abbās bin „Uqda, Abu „Ali as-Saffār, and the author of Ash-Shams al-Akhbar. This statement is said to be made by over 1000 people from the Family of Muhammad, may the blessings of Allah be upon them, as well as their followers, may Allah be pleased with them. This narration has been regarded and has stood the test of time.

From the generality24 (al-`āmah), [the narrators include]: Ahmed bin Hanbal in his Musnad, „Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Hanbal, Ibn Abi Shayba, al-Khatīb bin Maghāzali, al-Kanji ash-Shafa‟yān, Muslim bin Hajjaj al-Qushayri in his Sahīh (who narrated it in the incident of the sermon of Ghadīr but doesn‟t include the term “take hold to both of them” like the other narrations), an-Nisā‟i, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, Abu Ya‟la, at-Tabarāni in Ath-Thalātha, ad-Ðiya‟i in Al-Mukhtāra, Abu Nu‟aym in Al-Hilaya, „Abd bin Humayd, Abu Musa al-Madani in As-Sahāba, Abul-Futūh al-Ajli in Al-Mawjid, Ishaq Rahawiyyah, add-Dawlābi in Adh-Dhariyya at-Tāhira, al-Bazzār, az-Zarundi ash-Shāfi, Ibn Batrīq in al-‘Umudi, and al-Jāi‟bi in at-Tālibīn from the hadīth of „Abdullah bin Musa bin „Abdullah bin al-Hassan bin al-Hassan bin „Ali bin Abi Tālib from his ancestors on the authority of „Ali, upon him be peace, and others.

This narration is related by many of the companions of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny. [This includes:] Amirul-Muminīn „Ali bin Abi Tālib, Abu Dharr, Abu Said al-Khudri, Abu Rāfi‟(the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny), Umm Hāni, Umm Salama, Jābir [bin „Abdullah], Hudhayfa bin Usayd al-Ghaffāri, Zayd bin Arqam, Zayd bin Thābit, Ðumra al-Islāmi, Khuzayma bin Thābit, Sahl bin Sa‟d al-Sa‟idi, „Adi bin Hātim, „Uqba bin Āmr, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Abu Sharīh al-Khazā‟i, Abu Qudāmah al-Ansari, Abu Layla, Abu Hashim at-Tihān, and others.”

In Kitāb Faža’il al-Khamsa min as-Sihāh as-Sittah by Allāma al-Murtaža al-Husseini al-Fayrūzi Ibadi says:

“It is narrated by Muslim in his Sahīh in the chapter that deals with the virtues of Companions by Zayd bin Arqam who is in the chain of authorities, Ahmed bin Hanbal in his Musnad (V. 3, pp. 14, 17, 26, and 59) on the authority of Abu Sa‟id al-Khudri with different wordings, (V. 4, p. 366 and 371) on the authority of Zayd [bin Arqam], and (V. 5, p. 181) with two chains on the authority of Zayd bin Thābit; al-Bayhaqi in his Sunan (V. 2, p. 148) and (V. 7, p. 30); ad-Dārimi in his Sunan (V. 2, p. 431); al-Muttaqi

24 This term is used in Shiite literature to refer to Sunnis.