fifteen chains of transmission from an illustrious group of Companions, and passed it down to succeeding centuries.(141) From that group, eminent scholars among the Companions and leading experts on Hadith such as Anas b. Malik(142) and Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari(143) both servants of the Prophet, ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar,(144) ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abbas,(145) Sahl b. Sa‘d,(146) Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri,(147) Ubayy b. Ka‘b,(148) Burayda,(149) and Umm Salama, the Mother of Believers,(150) each at the head of a chain of transmission, reported this same miracle to the

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(141) Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya 125-132.
(142) Bukhari, Manaqib 25; Tirmidhi, Manaqib 6; Jum’a 10; Ibn Maja, Iqamat al-Salat 199; Darimi, Muqaddima 6; Salat 202; Musnad i, 249, 267, 363; iii, 226; Ibn al-Asir al-Jawzi, al-Jami’ al-Usul no: 8899.
(143) Bukhari, Manaqib 25l; Tirmidhi, Manaqib 6; Jum’a 10; Nasa’i, Jum’a 17; Ibn Maja, Iqamat al-Salat 199; Darimi, Muqaddima 6 (3 different lines from Jabir); Salat 202; Musnad iii, 293, 295, 306, 324.
(144) Bukhari, Manaqib 25; Tirmidhi, Jum’a 10; Tirmidhi (Tahqiq: Ahmad Shakir) no: 505; Manaqib 6; Darimi, Muqaddima 6.
(145) Tirmidhi, Manaqib 6; Jum’a 10; Darimi, Muqaddima 6; Salat 202; Musnad i, 249; Musnad i, 363.
(146) Tirmidhi, Manaqib 6; Jum’a 10; Darimi, Muqaddima 6; Salat 202; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 62.
(147) Darimi, Muqaddima 6.
(148) Tirmidhi, Jum’a 10; Ibn Maja, Iqamat al-Salat 199; Darimi, Muqaddima 6; Musnad 139; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 62; al-Mubarakfuri, Tuhfat al-Ahwazi iii, 22.
(149) Darimi, Muqaddima 6.
(150) Tirmidhi, Manaqib 6; Jum’a 10.