Abaqat alآ­'Anwar:
Among Sunni authors one who has written a book on the topic of the chains of transmission (turuq) of this tradition is alآ­Hafiz Abu alآ­Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir alآ­Maqdisi (448 آ­ 507/1056 آ­ 1113), known as Ibn al Qaysarani as mentioned by the biographers (Isma`il Pasha in Hadiyyatalآ­`arifin (ii, 82), alآ­'Ansab alآ­muttafiqah and alآ­Jam` bayn rijal alآ­Sahihayn [Hyderabad]). [3]
However, the most exhaustive study of the subject is the one undertaken by alآ­'Imam Sayyid Hamid Husayn Lakhnowi آ­ quddisa sirruh آ­ in the twelfth part of his great work `Abaqat alآ­'anwar fi imamat alآ­ 'A'immat alآ­'athar. Sayyid Hamid Husayn (1246 آ­ 1306/ 1830 آ­ 1888) wrote this work in Persian as a refutation of the seventh chapter of Tuhfehآ­ye ithna `ashariyyah of Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz alآ­Dehlawi (1159 آ­ 1239/1746 آ­ 1823).
In twelve chapters of this work, which is said to be a plagiary in Persian of alآ­Sawa`iq alآ­mubiqah by an obscure writer Nasr Allah alآ­Kabuli, Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz severely attacked Shi`i doctrines, beliefs and practices. Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz's book was an effort to check the expanding influence of Shi'ism, which had begun to flourish under the patronage of the Shi`i kingdom of Awadh and under the religious leadeship of the great Shi`i scholar and mujtahid Sayyid Dildar `Ali ibn Muhammad Mu`in alآ­Naqawi alآ­Nasirabadi (116 آ­ 1235/1752 آ­ 1819), known as Ghufran Ma'ab.
Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz's attack and accusations drew a massive response from Shi`i scholars. `Allamah `Abd alآ­`Aziz Tabataba'i mentions the following authors who wrote refutations of Tuhfehآ­ye ithna `ashariyyah: [4]
1. Sayyid Dildar `Ali alآ­Naqawi alآ­Nasirabadi,
who wrote five books refuting various chapters of the Tuhfah: alآ­Sawarim alآ­'ilahiyyat fi qat` shubuhat `abid alآ­'Uzza wa alآ­Lat (1215/1800), a refutation of the fifth chapter of the Tuhfah regarding theological issues; Khatimat alآ­Sawarim, a refutation of the seventh chapter concerning the Shi`i doctrine of Imamate; Husam alآ­'Islam wa siham alآ­malam (Calcutta, 1215/1800), a refutation of the sixth chapter of the Tuhfah concerning prophethood; Ihya' alآ­Sunnah wa imatat alآ­bid`ah bi ta`n alآ­'asinnah (1281/1864), a refutation of the eighth chapter of the Tuhfah; alآ­Zulfiqar, a refutation of the twelfth chapter.
2. Shaykh Jamal alآ­Din Abu Ahmad Mirza Muhammad ibn `Abd alآ­Nabi Akbarabadi (d. 1232/1816),
who wrote Sayf Allah alآ­maslul `ala mukharribi Din alآ­Rasul, in six big volumes, as refutation of all the chapters of the Tuhfah.
3. `Allamah Mirza Muhammad ibn 'Inayat Ahmad Khan Kashmiri Dehlawi (d. 1235/1820),
who wrote Nuzhat alآ­'Ithna `Ashariyyah fi alآ­radd `ala alآ­Tuhfat alآ­'ithna `ashariyyah in twelve volumes, of which the first, third, fourth, fifth and seventh volumes were published (1255/ 1839) and others remained incomplete.
4. Mawlawi Hasan ibn Aman Allah Dehlawi `Azimabadi (d. c. 1260/ 1844),
who wrote Tajhiz alآ­jaysh li kasr sanamay Quraysh, as a refutation of all the chapters of the Tuhfah.
5. `Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Quli ibn Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Lackhnowi Kanturi (d. 1260/1844),
father of Sayyid Hamid Husayn, who wrote five books in refutation of different chapters of the Tuhfah: alآ­Sayf alآ­nasiri on the first chapter, Taqlid alآ­maka'id (Calcutta, 1262/1846) on the second chapter, Burhan alآ­sa`adah on the seventh chapter, Tashyid alآ­mata'in li kashf alآ­dagha'in in two volumes (1283/1866) on the tenth chapter, and Masari` alآ­afham li qal` alآ­'awham.
6. Mawlawi Khayr alآ­Din Muhammad Allahabadi,
who wrote Hidayat alآ­`Aziz (or Hadiyyat alآ­`Aziz) as a refutation of the fourth chapter of the Tuhfah about usul alآ­hadith and rijal.
7. `Allamah Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Dildar `Ali (d. 1284/ 1867) known as Sultan alآ­`Ulama',
who wrote two books, one in Persian and the other in Arabic, in refutation of the seventh chapter of the Tuhfah concerning Imamate, of which the former was entitled alآ­Bawariq alآ­mubiqah. He also wrote Ta`n alآ­rimah in refutation of the tenth chapter.
8. Sayyid Ja`far Abu `Ali Khan ibn Ghulam `Ali Musawi Banarasi,
who wrote Burhan alآ­sadiqin and Mahajjat alآ­Burhan (a condensation of the former) in refutation of the seventh chapter and Taksir alآ­sanamayn in refutation of the tenth chapter.
9. `Allamah Sayyid Mufti Muhammad `Abbas Musawi Tustari Jaza'iri (d. 1306/1888),
who wrote alآ­Jawahir alآ­`abqariyyah in refutation of the Tuhfah's seventh chapter.
10. Alآ­Shaykh Ahmad ibn `Ali Kirmanshahi (d. 1235/1819),
who wrote Kashf alآ­shubhah `an hilyat alآ­mut`ah (MS dated 1227 H. in the National Museum, Karachi), in refutation of the ninth chapter.
However, the most important work that was written as a refutation of the seventh chapter of the Tuhfah conceming the Shi`i doctrine of Imamate was `Abaqat alآ­'anwar, which was destined to take its place not only as the greatest work on Imamate ever written but also perhaps as one of the greatest masterpieces of scholarship ever compiled on a doctrinal issue anywhere in the history of religion.
In the seventh chapter of the Tuhfah, where Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz attacks the Shi`i doctrine of Imamate, he claims that the Shi`i claim is based on only six verses of the Qur'an and twelve traditions of the Prophet (S). Accordingly, Sayyid Hamid Husayn wrote his book in two sections, the first concerning the Qur'anic basis of Imamate and the second concerning its basis in the Prophet's hadith. The first section has not been published. The second section consists of 12 parts, each of which deals with the sanad (chains of transmission) and the meaning (dalalah) of one of the twelve traditions of the Prophet (S) concerning `Ali ibn Abi Talib (A) or the Ahl alآ­Bayt (A) rejected by Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz as supporting the doctrine of Imamate.
The first part studies the isnad and dalalah of what is called Hadith alآ­Ghadir. [5] It is contained in three volumes, of which the first was published in 1293/1876, in 1251 pages and the remaining two, of 609 and 399 pages, in 1294/1877.
The second part deals with Hadith alآ­Manzilah. [6] It appeared in 1295/1878 in 977 pages.
The third part deals with Hadith alآ­Wilayah. [7] It was published in 1303/1885 in 585 pages.
The fourth part deals with Hadith alآ­Tayr. [8] It was published in 1306/1888 in two volumes of 512 and 224 pages from Matba`ahآ­ye Bustan, Lucknow.
The fifth part deals with Hadith Madinat alآ­`ilm. [9] It consists of two volumes, of which the first, in 745 pages, appeared in 1317/1899 and the second, in 600 pages, in 1327/1909.
The sixth part deals with Hadith alآ­Tashbih. [10] It was published in 1301/1883 in two volumes of 456 and 248 pages.
The seventh part, which deals with Hadith alآ­Munasabah [11] and was completed by Sayyid Muhammad Sa`id ibn Sayyid Nasir Husayn ibn Sayyid Hamid Husayn, has not been published yet.
The eighth part, dealing with Hadith alآ­Nur, [12] was published in 1303/1885 in 786 pages by Matba`ahآ­ye Mashriq alآ­'anwar, Lucknow.
The ninth part, dealing with Hadith alآ­Rayah, [l3] has also remained unpublished.
The tenth part dealing with the hadith... (al-haqqu ma`a `Aliyyin wa `Aliyyun ma`al haqq) [14] also remains unpublished.
The eleventh part dealing with Hadith alآ­Muqatalah [15] also remains unpublished.
The twelfth part deals with Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn and Hadith alآ­Safinah. [16] It was published in two big volumes, the first of which in 664 pages appeared in 1314/1896 and the second in 891 pages in 1351/ 1932.
Sayyid Hamid Husayn and his work `Abaqat have been held in great esteem amongst leading Shi`i scholars and many of them, from Mirza Sayyid Hasan Shirazi, the great marji` and juristic authority of his days, to contemporary scholars, have extolled the author and his great work. Sayyid `Ali Milani, in the first volume of his condensed translation of `Abaqat into Arabic, quotes the statements of various scholars. Here we will confine ourselves to the opinion expressed by the great scholar `Allamah Aqa Buzurg Tehrani, the author of alآ­Dhari`ah ila tasanif alآ­Shi`ah, about Sayyid Hamid Husayn and his work. He says about the author:
(He is) one of the greatest of Imami theologians (mutakallimun) and one of the greatest and deeply learned of Shi`i scholars who lived in the early part of this century. He was profoundly learned, and had extensive knowledge and mastery over the Islamic traditions and heritage and attained such a station in it that none of his contemporaries or anyone of those who came after him, or even most of the celebrities of the preceding centuries, have been able to attain. He spent his entire noble life in fathoming the mysteries of religiosity and in the defence of Islam and the realm of sincere religion. I don't know of anyone in the latter centuries who waged a jihad like him and sacrificed everything in his possession in the way of everlasting truths. The times, in all ages and periods, will never see a compeer of him in his research, his extensive knowledge, his precision, intelligence, and the immensity of his memory and retention.
Aqa Buzurg Tehrani says about the `Abaqat: "It is the greatest of books compiled on the subject (ie. Imamate) from the outset of the Islamic era to the present." And what he says about the author and his book is perfectly representative of the opinion of leading Shi`i scholars on this matter. [17]

The Author's Approach in `Abaqat:
`Abaqat alآ­'anwar was written in Persian because Shah `Abd al`Aziz's Tuhfah, which it refuted, was also in Persian. As mentioned above, Shah `Abd alآ­`Aziz had cited five verses of the Qur'an and twelve traditions of the Prophet (S) as constituting the basis of Shi`i argument conceming the Imamate of the Imams of the Ahl alآ­Bayt (A). This was itself a misrepresentation of the Shi`i case, for there are hundreds of verses and traditions, many of which are scattered throughout the Sunni hadith corpus as well as works in tafsir. Even the verses and traditions that he cites are dismissed summarily by him on, as Sayyid Hamid Husayn shows, flimsy and untenable pretexts.
The published parts of `Abaqat deal with eight of these traditions, each part dealing with the sanad and doctrinal import of one of them. Sayyid Hamid Husayn's approach in each of these parts is to show that the hadith is a mutawatir one, having been narrated by Sunni traditionists of every generation from the time of the Companions to the scholars of his own era. He devotes a section to each of the narrators, quotes the tradition as narrated by him, and cites the opinions of biographers and Sunni authorities of `ilm alآ­rijal regarding his reliability, trustworthiness and his scholarly station.
After discussing the sanad aspect of the tradition, he goes on to deal with its meaning, dealing one by one with all the various arguments that have been advanced by Sunni scholars to refute what the Shi`ah assert to be its doctrinal implications. His treatment is so logical, meticulous, precise, thorough and exhaustive that one cannot but be struck with wonder at his prodigious, or rather miraculous, learning and his encompassing mastery over the entire Islamic heritage of thirteen centuries before him which lies in front of him like an open book.
This sketchy study of `Abaqat relates to its part concerning the Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn. At first we will give a list of its narrators belonging to every century of the Hijrah calendar. A brief reference is given under the name of each narrator concerning his standing with Sunni authorities on rijal. We have included the names of other narrators from the appendix (mulhaqat) to `Abaqat by Sayyid `Abd alآ­`Aziz Tabataba'i, which has been included in the condensed Arabic translation by Sayyid `Ali Milani.
Reprints of most parts of `Abaqat alآ­'anwar have appeared in Iran. The first section of the first part, dealing with the sanad aspect of Hadith alآ­Ghadir was published in 1369/1949 in 600 pages from Tehran. The twelfth part, dealing with Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn and Hadith alآ­Safinah, was published in six parts and three volumes (vol. 1 in 1379, vol. 2 in 1378آ­79, and vol. 3 in 1381 and 1382) by Mu'assasehآ­ye Nashrآ­e Nafa'isآ­e Makhtutat, Isfahan. Madrasat alآ­'Imam alآ­Mahdi, Qumm, has published offset reprints of the first Indian lithographed print on the occasion of the author's first death centenary (vol. 3 on Hadith alآ­Wilayah, 1406; vol. 4 on Hadith alآ­Tayr, 1405; vol. 5 on Hadith Madinat alآ­`ilm, 1406; vol. 6 on Hadith alآ­Tashbih, 1406; vol. 8 on Hadith alآ­Nur, 1406). `Allamah Shaykh Ghulam Rida Burujerdi has prepared a new edition of the book giving all the necessary references. His edition is under print.
Sayyid `Ali Milani has published ten volumes of Khulasat `Abaqat alآ­'anwar, which is a condensed translation of the book in Arabic. The first two volumes of his translation, which begins with Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn, were published in 1398. Bunyadآ­e Bi'that, Tehran, has published a new edition of the Khulasah, of which ten parts, dealing with Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn, Hadith alآ­Safinah, Hadith alآ­Nur and Hadith alآ­Ghadir, have appeared.

Narrators From Among the Sahabah:
More than thirty of the wellآ­known and eminent Companions of the Prophet (S) have narrated Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn from him. Their names as well as those of some authors who have narrated their traditions in their books, are given below:
1. Amir alآ­Mu'minin `Ali ibn Abi Talib (A) (23BHآ­40H/600آ­661).
Ibn Rahwayh Ishaq ibn Ibrahim alآ­Hanzali,
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Umar alآ­Shaybani,
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Abd alآ­Khaliq alآ­Bazzaz
Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Jarir alآ­Tabari,
Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad alآ­Dulabi,
Abu `Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma`il alآ­Muhamili,
Abu alآ­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah alآ­Kufi,
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn alآ­Ji`abi,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Jalal alآ­din alآ­Suyuti,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
`Ali Muttaqi alآ­Hindi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir alآ­Makki,
Mahmud ibn Muhammad alآ­Shaykhani alآ­Qadiri,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alآ­Qunduzi.
2. Alآ­'Imam alآ­Hasan ibn `Ali (A) (3آ­50/624آ­670).
Alآ­Qunduzi.
3. Salman alآ­Farsi (d. 36/656).
Alآ­Qunduzi.
4. Jundab ibn Junadah, Abu Dharr alآ­Ghifari. (d. 32/650).
Muhammad ibn `Isa alآ­Tirmidhi,
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad alآ­`Asimi,
Ibn Kathir,
alآ­Sakhawi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir.
5. `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas (3 BHآ­68/619آ­87).
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alآ­Qunduzi.
6. Sa`d ibn Malik, Abu Sa`id alآ­Khudri (10 BHآ­74/613آ­693).
`Abd alآ­Malik alآ­'Arzami,
Sulayman ibn Mihran alآ­'A`mash,
Muhammad ibn Ishaq alآ­Madani,
`Abd alآ­Rahman alآ­Mas`udi,
Muhammad ibn Talhah alآ­Yami,
`Abd Allah ibn Numayr alآ­Hamadani,
`Abd al Malik alآ­`Uqdi,
Ibn Sa`d alآ­Zuhri,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
`Abbad ibn Ya`qub alآ­Rawajini,
Muhammad ibn Ahmad alآ­Riyahi,
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Abu Ya`la alآ­Tamimi,
Abu Ja`far alآ­Tabari,
Abu alآ­Qasim alآ­Baghawi,
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu alآ­Qasim alآ­Tabarani,
Abu Tahir alآ­Dhahabi,
Abu Ishaq alآ­Tha`labi,
Abu Nu`aym alآ­'Isfahani,
Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad alآ­Nahwi,
Ibn `Abd alآ­Barr,
Abu Muhammad alآ­Ghandajani,
Abu alآ­Hasan alآ­Jullabi,
Abu alآ­Muzaffar alآ­Sam`ani,
Abu alآ­Barakat alآ­'Anmati,
Fakhr alآ­Din alآ­Razi,
Abu Muhammad ibn alآ­'Akhdar,
Abu alآ­Fath alآ­'Abiwardi,
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah alآ­Tabari,
alآ­Nizam alآ­'A`raj alآ­Nishaburi,
Ibrahim alآ­Hamawi,
Abu alآ­Hajjaj alآ­Mizzi,
Muhammad ibn Yusuf alآ­Zarandi,
Ibn Kathir alآ­Dimashqi,
alآ­Sayyid `Ali alآ­Hamdani,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Jalal alآ­Din alآ­Suyuti,
Shihab alآ­Din alآ­Qastallani,
`Abd alآ­Wahhab alآ­Bukhari,
`Ali alآ­Qari alآ­Hindi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Mahmud alآ­Qadiri alآ­Shaykhani,
Muhammad ibn `Abd alآ­Baqi alآ­Zarqani,
alآ­Mirza Muhammad alآ­Badakhshani alآ­Harithi,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il alSan'ani,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alآ­Qunduzi, and others.
7. Jabir ibn `Abd Allah alآ­'Ansari (16 BHآ­78/607آ­697).
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah alآ­`Absi,
Nasr alآ­Washsha' alآ­Kufi
alآ­Tirmidhi,
Muhammad ibn `Ali alآ­Hakim alآ­Tirmidhi,
alآ­Nasa'i,
Abu alآ­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Muhammad ibn Sulayman alآ­Baghdadi,
alآ­Khatib alآ­Baghdadi,
Abu Bakr alآ­Baghawi,
Ibn alآ­'Athir alآ­Jaza'iri,
alآ­Khatib alآ­Tabrizi,
Abu alآ­Hajjaj alآ­Mizzi,
alآ­Hasan ibn Muhammad alآ­Tayyibi,
Muhammad ibn alآ­Muzaffar alآ­Khalkhali,
Muhammad ibn Yusuf alآ­Zarandi,
Ibn Kathir alآ­Dimashqi,
Muhammad ibn Muhammad alآ­Hafizi alآ­Bukhari,
Shihab alآ­Din alآ­Dawlatabadi,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Jalal alآ­Din alآ­Suyuti,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
`Ali alآ­Qari alآ­Hindi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
Shihab alآ­Din alآ­Khafaji,
Husam alآ­Din alآ­Saharanpuri,
alآ­Mirza Muhammad alآ­Badakhshani,
Muhammad Mubin alآ­Lakhnowi,
alآ­Mirzi Hasan `Ali Muhaddith alآ­Lakhnowi,
alآ­Shaykh Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi,
alآ­Siddiq Hasan Khan alآ­Qannawji.
8. Abu alآ­Haytham Malik ibn alآ­Tayhan (d. 20/641).
Abu alآ­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
alآ­Shaykh Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi.
9. Ibrahim Abu Rafi`, one of the Prophet's mawali (d. after 40/ 661).
Ibn `Uqdah,
alآ­Sakhawi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Qunduzi.
10. Hudhayfah ibn alآ­Yaman (d. 36/656).
Alآ­Shaykh Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alآ­Qunduzi.
11. Hudhayfah ibn Usayd alآ­Ghifari.
Nasr ibn `Ali alآ­Jahdami,
Abu `Isa alآ­Tirmidhi,
alآ­Hakim alآ­Tirmidhi,
Abu alآ­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Abu alآ­Qasim alآ­Tabarani,
Abu Nu`aym alآ­'Isfahani,
Abu alآ­Qasim ibn `Asakir,
Abu Musa alآ­Madini,
Abu alآ­Futuh alآ­`Ijli,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn alآ­'Athir,
alآ­Diya' alآ­Maqdisi,
Ibrahim alآ­Hamawi,
Ibn Kathir alآ­Dimashqi,
Muhammad ibn Muhammad alآ­Bukhari,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
`Ata' Allah alآ­Shirazi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Shaykhani alآ­Qadiri,
Muhammad Sadr alآ­`Alam.
12. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Dhu Shahadatayn (d. 37/657).
Abu alآ­`Abbas Ibn `Uqdah,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Shaykh Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi.
13. Zayd ibn Thabit (11 BHآ­45/611آ­665).
Alآ­Rukayn ibn alآ­Rabi` alآ­Fazari,
Muhammad ibn Ishaq,
Sharik alآ­Qadi,
Abu Ahmad alآ­Zubayri,
Aswad ibn `Amir alآ­Shami,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
`Abd ibn Hamid alآ­Kashshi,
Ahmad ibn `Amr alآ­Shaybani,
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Abu Ja`far alآ­Tabari,
Abu Bakr ibn alآ­'Anbari,
Abu alQasim alآ­Tabarani,
Abu Mansur alآ­'Azhari,
Abu `Abd Allah alآ­Kanji alآ­Shafi`i,
Nur alآ­Din `Ali alآ­Haythami,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Jalal alآ­Din alآ­Suyuti,
`Ali alآ­Qari alآ­Hindi,
`Abd alآ­Ra'uf alآ­Munawi,
`Ali ibn Ahmad alآ­`Azizi,
alآ­Mirza Muhammad alآ­Badakhshi,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alآ­Qunduzi,
Hasan alآ­Zaman alآ­Hindi.
14. Abu Hurayrah, `Abd alآ­Rahman ibn Sakhr (d. 59/679).
Abu Bakr alآ­Bazzaz,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Jalal alآ­Din alآ­Suyuti,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
Mahmud ibn Muhammad alآ­Shaykhani alآ­Qadiri.
15. `Abd Allah ibn Hantab.
Abu alآ­Qasim alآ­Tabarani,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn alآ­'Athir,
Jalal alآ­Din alآ­Suyuti.
16. Jubayr ibn Mut`im (d. 59/679).
Abu Nu`aym alآ­'Isfahani,
alآ­Sayyid `Ali alآ­Hamadani,
alآ­Shaykh Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi.
17. Alآ­Bara' ibn `Azib (d. 71/690).
Abu Nu`aym alآ­'Isfahani.
18. Anas ibn Malik (10 BHآ­93/612آ­712).
Abu Nu`aym alآ­'Isfahani.
19. Talhah ibn `Ubayd Allah alآ­Taymi (28 BHآ­36/596آ­656).
Alآ­Shaykh Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi.
20. `Abd alآ­Rahman ibn `Awf (44 BHآ­32/580آ­652).
Alآ­Qunduzi.
21. Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas (d. 23BHآ­55/600آ­675).
Alآ­Qunduzi.
22. `Amr ibn alآ­`As (50 BHآ­43/574آ­664).
Alآ­Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad alآ­Khwarazmi.
23. Sahl ibn Sa`d alآ­'Ansari (d. 91/710).
Ibn `Uqdah alآ­Kufi,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi.
24. `Adi ibn Hatim (d. 68/687).
Ibn `Uqdah,
alآ­Sakhawi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Qunduzi.
25. `Uqbah ibn `Amir (d. 58/678).
Ibn `Uqdah,
alآ­Sakhawi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Qunduzi.
26. Abu Ayyub alآ­'Ansari, Khalid ibn Zayd (d. 52/672).
27. Abu Shurayh alآ­Khuza`i, Khuwaylid ibn `Amr (d. 68/687).
28. Abu Qudamah, alآ­'Ansari (martyred 37/657).
29. Abu Layla alآ­'Ansari (martyred 37/657).
30. `Umayrah alآ­'Aslami.
Hadith alآ­Thaqalayn has been narrated from all the above five (26 آ­ 30) by:
Ibn `Uqdah,
alآ­Sakhawi,
Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Qunduzi.
31. `Amir ibn Layla ibn Damrah.
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu Musa alآ­Madini,
Abu alآ­Futuh alآ­`Ijli,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn alآ­'Athir,
Ibn Hajar alآ­`Asqalani,
Shams alآ­Din alآ­Sakhawi,
Nur alآ­Din alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn alآ­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
alآ­Qunduzi.
32. Zayd ibn Arqam (d.68/687).
Alآ­Nasa'i,
alآ­Hakim,
alآ­Tabarani,
`Ali alآ­Muttaqi alآ­Hindi
Muhammad Sadr alآ­`Alam,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il alآ­San`ani
alآ­Shaykhani alآ­Qadiri,
alآ­Hafiz alآ­Zarandi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir, and many others.
33. `Abd Allah ibn `Umar (10 BHآ­73/613آ­692)
34. Fatimah alآ­Zahra' (A) (18 BHآ­11/604آ­632)
Alآ­Shaykh Sulayman alآ­Qunduzi.
35. Umm Salamah, Hind bint Suhayl (28 BHآ­62/596آ­681)
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu alآ­Hasan `Ali ibn `Umar alآ­Darqutni,
alآ­Sakhawi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
alآ­Shaykhani alآ­Qadiri,
alآ­Razzaz, as in Wasilat alآ­ma'al.
36. Umm Hani, Fakhtah bint Abi Talib (d.40/661)
Ibn `Uqdah,
alآ­Sakhawi,
alآ­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir.