Abaqat al­'Anwar:
Among Sunni authors one who has written a book on the topic of the chains of transmission (turuq) of this tradition is al­Hafiz Abu al­Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir al­Maqdisi (448 ­ 507/1056 ­ 1113), known as Ibn al Qaysarani as mentioned by the biographers (Isma`il Pasha in Hadiyyatal­`arifin (ii, 82), al­'Ansab al­muttafiqah and al­Jam` bayn rijal al­Sahihayn [Hyderabad]). [3]
However, the most exhaustive study of the subject is the one undertaken by al­'Imam Sayyid Hamid Husayn Lakhnowi ­ quddisa sirruh ­ in the twelfth part of his great work `Abaqat al­'anwar fi imamat al­ 'A'immat al­'athar. Sayyid Hamid Husayn (1246 ­ 1306/ 1830 ­ 1888) wrote this work in Persian as a refutation of the seventh chapter of Tuhfeh­ye ithna `ashariyyah of Shah `Abd al­`Aziz al­Dehlawi (1159 ­ 1239/1746 ­ 1823).
In twelve chapters of this work, which is said to be a plagiary in Persian of al­Sawa`iq al­mubiqah by an obscure writer Nasr Allah al­Kabuli, Shah `Abd al­`Aziz severely attacked Shi`i doctrines, beliefs and practices. Shah `Abd al­`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 al­Naqawi al­Nasirabadi (116 ­ 1235/1752 ­ 1819), known as Ghufran Ma'ab.
Shah `Abd al­`Aziz's attack and accusations drew a massive response from Shi`i scholars. `Allamah `Abd al­`Aziz Tabataba'i mentions the following authors who wrote refutations of Tuhfeh­ye ithna `ashariyyah: [4]
1. Sayyid Dildar `Ali al­Naqawi al­Nasirabadi,
who wrote five books refuting various chapters of the Tuhfah: al­Sawarim al­'ilahiyyat fi qat` shubuhat `abid al­'Uzza wa al­Lat (1215/1800), a refutation of the fifth chapter of the Tuhfah regarding theological issues; Khatimat al­Sawarim, a refutation of the seventh chapter concerning the Shi`i doctrine of Imamate; Husam al­'Islam wa siham al­malam (Calcutta, 1215/1800), a refutation of the sixth chapter of the Tuhfah concerning prophethood; Ihya' al­Sunnah wa imatat al­bid`ah bi ta`n al­'asinnah (1281/1864), a refutation of the eighth chapter of the Tuhfah; al­Zulfiqar, a refutation of the twelfth chapter.
2. Shaykh Jamal al­Din Abu Ahmad Mirza Muhammad ibn `Abd al­Nabi Akbarabadi (d. 1232/1816),
who wrote Sayf Allah al­maslul `ala mukharribi Din al­Rasul, 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 al­'Ithna `Ashariyyah fi al­radd `ala al­Tuhfat al­'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 al­jaysh 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: al­Sayf al­nasiri on the first chapter, Taqlid al­maka'id (Calcutta, 1262/1846) on the second chapter, Burhan al­sa`adah on the seventh chapter, Tashyid al­mata'in li kashf al­dagha'in in two volumes (1283/1866) on the tenth chapter, and Masari` al­afham li qal` al­'awham.
6. Mawlawi Khayr al­Din Muhammad Allahabadi,
who wrote Hidayat al­`Aziz (or Hadiyyat al­`Aziz) as a refutation of the fourth chapter of the Tuhfah about usul al­hadith and rijal.
7. `Allamah Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Dildar `Ali (d. 1284/ 1867) known as Sultan al­`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 al­Bawariq al­mubiqah. He also wrote Ta`n al­rimah in refutation of the tenth chapter.
8. Sayyid Ja`far Abu `Ali Khan ibn Ghulam `Ali Musawi Banarasi,
who wrote Burhan al­sadiqin and Mahajjat al­Burhan (a condensation of the former) in refutation of the seventh chapter and Taksir al­sanamayn in refutation of the tenth chapter.
9. `Allamah Sayyid Mufti Muhammad `Abbas Musawi Tustari Jaza'iri (d. 1306/1888),
who wrote al­Jawahir al­`abqariyyah in refutation of the Tuhfah's seventh chapter.
10. Al­Shaykh Ahmad ibn `Ali Kirmanshahi (d. 1235/1819),
who wrote Kashf al­shubhah `an hilyat al­mut`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 al­'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 al­`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 al­Bayt (A) rejected by Shah `Abd al­`Aziz as supporting the doctrine of Imamate.
The first part studies the isnad and dalalah of what is called Hadith al­Ghadir. [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 al­Manzilah. [6] It appeared in 1295/1878 in 977 pages.
The third part deals with Hadith al­Wilayah. [7] It was published in 1303/1885 in 585 pages.
The fourth part deals with Hadith al­Tayr. [8] It was published in 1306/1888 in two volumes of 512 and 224 pages from Matba`ah­ye Bustan, Lucknow.
The fifth part deals with Hadith Madinat al­`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 al­Tashbih. [10] It was published in 1301/1883 in two volumes of 456 and 248 pages.
The seventh part, which deals with Hadith al­Munasabah [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 al­Nur, [12] was published in 1303/1885 in 786 pages by Matba`ah­ye Mashriq al­'anwar, Lucknow.
The ninth part, dealing with Hadith al­Rayah, [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 al­Muqatalah [15] also remains unpublished.
The twelfth part deals with Hadith al­Thaqalayn and Hadith al­Safinah. [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 al­Dhari`ah ila tasanif al­Shi`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 al­'anwar was written in Persian because Shah `Abd al`Aziz's Tuhfah, which it refuted, was also in Persian. As mentioned above, Shah `Abd al­`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 al­Bayt (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 al­rijal 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 al­Thaqalayn. 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 al­`Aziz Tabataba'i, which has been included in the condensed Arabic translation by Sayyid `Ali Milani.
Reprints of most parts of `Abaqat al­'anwar have appeared in Iran. The first section of the first part, dealing with the sanad aspect of Hadith al­Ghadir was published in 1369/1949 in 600 pages from Tehran. The twelfth part, dealing with Hadith al­Thaqalayn and Hadith al­Safinah, was published in six parts and three volumes (vol. 1 in 1379, vol. 2 in 1378­79, and vol. 3 in 1381 and 1382) by Mu'assaseh­ye Nashr­e Nafa'is­e Makhtutat, Isfahan. Madrasat al­'Imam al­Mahdi, 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 al­Wilayah, 1406; vol. 4 on Hadith al­Tayr, 1405; vol. 5 on Hadith Madinat al­`ilm, 1406; vol. 6 on Hadith al­Tashbih, 1406; vol. 8 on Hadith al­Nur, 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 al­'anwar, which is a condensed translation of the book in Arabic. The first two volumes of his translation, which begins with Hadith al­Thaqalayn, were published in 1398. Bunyad­e Bi'that, Tehran, has published a new edition of the Khulasah, of which ten parts, dealing with Hadith al­Thaqalayn, Hadith al­Safinah, Hadith al­Nur and Hadith al­Ghadir, have appeared.

Narrators From Among the Sahabah:
More than thirty of the well­known and eminent Companions of the Prophet (S) have narrated Hadith al­Thaqalayn from him. Their names as well as those of some authors who have narrated their traditions in their books, are given below:
1. Amir al­Mu'minin `Ali ibn Abi Talib (A) (23BH­40H/600­661).
Ibn Rahwayh Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al­Hanzali,
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Umar al­Shaybani,
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Abd al­Khaliq al­Bazzaz
Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Jarir al­Tabari,
Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al­Dulabi,
Abu `Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma`il al­Muhamili,
Abu al­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah al­Kufi,
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn al­Ji`abi,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Jalal al­din al­Suyuti,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
`Ali Muttaqi al­Hindi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir al­Makki,
Mahmud ibn Muhammad al­Shaykhani al­Qadiri,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al­Qunduzi.
2. Al­'Imam al­Hasan ibn `Ali (A) (3­50/624­670).
Al­Qunduzi.
3. Salman al­Farsi (d. 36/656).
Al­Qunduzi.
4. Jundab ibn Junadah, Abu Dharr al­Ghifari. (d. 32/650).
Muhammad ibn `Isa al­Tirmidhi,
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad al­`Asimi,
Ibn Kathir,
al­Sakhawi,
al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir.
5. `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas (3 BH­68/619­87).
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al­Qunduzi.
6. Sa`d ibn Malik, Abu Sa`id al­Khudri (10 BH­74/613­693).
`Abd al­Malik al­'Arzami,
Sulayman ibn Mihran al­'A`mash,
Muhammad ibn Ishaq al­Madani,
`Abd al­Rahman al­Mas`udi,
Muhammad ibn Talhah al­Yami,
`Abd Allah ibn Numayr al­Hamadani,
`Abd al Malik al­`Uqdi,
Ibn Sa`d al­Zuhri,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
`Abbad ibn Ya`qub al­Rawajini,
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al­Riyahi,
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Abu Ya`la al­Tamimi,
Abu Ja`far al­Tabari,
Abu al­Qasim al­Baghawi,
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu al­Qasim al­Tabarani,
Abu Tahir al­Dhahabi,
Abu Ishaq al­Tha`labi,
Abu Nu`aym al­'Isfahani,
Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad al­Nahwi,
Ibn `Abd al­Barr,
Abu Muhammad al­Ghandajani,
Abu al­Hasan al­Jullabi,
Abu al­Muzaffar al­Sam`ani,
Abu al­Barakat al­'Anmati,
Fakhr al­Din al­Razi,
Abu Muhammad ibn al­'Akhdar,
Abu al­Fath al­'Abiwardi,
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al­Tabari,
al­Nizam al­'A`raj al­Nishaburi,
Ibrahim al­Hamawi,
Abu al­Hajjaj al­Mizzi,
Muhammad ibn Yusuf al­Zarandi,
Ibn Kathir al­Dimashqi,
al­Sayyid `Ali al­Hamdani,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Jalal al­Din al­Suyuti,
Shihab al­Din al­Qastallani,
`Abd al­Wahhab al­Bukhari,
`Ali al­Qari al­Hindi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Mahmud al­Qadiri al­Shaykhani,
Muhammad ibn `Abd al­Baqi al­Zarqani,
al­Mirza Muhammad al­Badakhshani al­Harithi,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il alSan'ani,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al­Qunduzi, and others.
7. Jabir ibn `Abd Allah al­'Ansari (16 BH­78/607­697).
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah al­`Absi,
Nasr al­Washsha' al­Kufi
al­Tirmidhi,
Muhammad ibn `Ali al­Hakim al­Tirmidhi,
al­Nasa'i,
Abu al­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Muhammad ibn Sulayman al­Baghdadi,
al­Khatib al­Baghdadi,
Abu Bakr al­Baghawi,
Ibn al­'Athir al­Jaza'iri,
al­Khatib al­Tabrizi,
Abu al­Hajjaj al­Mizzi,
al­Hasan ibn Muhammad al­Tayyibi,
Muhammad ibn al­Muzaffar al­Khalkhali,
Muhammad ibn Yusuf al­Zarandi,
Ibn Kathir al­Dimashqi,
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al­Hafizi al­Bukhari,
Shihab al­Din al­Dawlatabadi,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Jalal al­Din al­Suyuti,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
`Ali al­Qari al­Hindi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
Shihab al­Din al­Khafaji,
Husam al­Din al­Saharanpuri,
al­Mirza Muhammad al­Badakhshani,
Muhammad Mubin al­Lakhnowi,
al­Mirzi Hasan `Ali Muhaddith al­Lakhnowi,
al­Shaykh Sulayman al­Qunduzi,
al­Siddiq Hasan Khan al­Qannawji.
8. Abu al­Haytham Malik ibn al­Tayhan (d. 20/641).
Abu al­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
al­Shaykh Sulayman al­Qunduzi.
9. Ibrahim Abu Rafi`, one of the Prophet's mawali (d. after 40/ 661).
Ibn `Uqdah,
al­Sakhawi,
al­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Qunduzi.
10. Hudhayfah ibn al­Yaman (d. 36/656).
Al­Shaykh Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al­Qunduzi.
11. Hudhayfah ibn Usayd al­Ghifari.
Nasr ibn `Ali al­Jahdami,
Abu `Isa al­Tirmidhi,
al­Hakim al­Tirmidhi,
Abu al­`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Abu al­Qasim al­Tabarani,
Abu Nu`aym al­'Isfahani,
Abu al­Qasim ibn `Asakir,
Abu Musa al­Madini,
Abu al­Futuh al­`Ijli,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al­'Athir,
al­Diya' al­Maqdisi,
Ibrahim al­Hamawi,
Ibn Kathir al­Dimashqi,
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al­Bukhari,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
`Ata' Allah al­Shirazi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Shaykhani al­Qadiri,
Muhammad Sadr al­`Alam.
12. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Dhu Shahadatayn (d. 37/657).
Abu al­`Abbas Ibn `Uqdah,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Shaykh Sulayman al­Qunduzi.
13. Zayd ibn Thabit (11 BH­45/611­665).
Al­Rukayn ibn al­Rabi` al­Fazari,
Muhammad ibn Ishaq,
Sharik al­Qadi,
Abu Ahmad al­Zubayri,
Aswad ibn `Amir al­Shami,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
`Abd ibn Hamid al­Kashshi,
Ahmad ibn `Amr al­Shaybani,
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Abu Ja`far al­Tabari,
Abu Bakr ibn al­'Anbari,
Abu alQasim al­Tabarani,
Abu Mansur al­'Azhari,
Abu `Abd Allah al­Kanji al­Shafi`i,
Nur al­Din `Ali al­Haythami,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Jalal al­Din al­Suyuti,
`Ali al­Qari al­Hindi,
`Abd al­Ra'uf al­Munawi,
`Ali ibn Ahmad al­`Azizi,
al­Mirza Muhammad al­Badakhshi,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al­Qunduzi,
Hasan al­Zaman al­Hindi.
14. Abu Hurayrah, `Abd al­Rahman ibn Sakhr (d. 59/679).
Abu Bakr al­Bazzaz,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Jalal al­Din al­Suyuti,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
Mahmud ibn Muhammad al­Shaykhani al­Qadiri.
15. `Abd Allah ibn Hantab.
Abu al­Qasim al­Tabarani,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al­'Athir,
Jalal al­Din al­Suyuti.
16. Jubayr ibn Mut`im (d. 59/679).
Abu Nu`aym al­'Isfahani,
al­Sayyid `Ali al­Hamadani,
al­Shaykh Sulayman al­Qunduzi.
17. Al­Bara' ibn `Azib (d. 71/690).
Abu Nu`aym al­'Isfahani.
18. Anas ibn Malik (10 BH­93/612­712).
Abu Nu`aym al­'Isfahani.
19. Talhah ibn `Ubayd Allah al­Taymi (28 BH­36/596­656).
Al­Shaykh Sulayman al­Qunduzi.
20. `Abd al­Rahman ibn `Awf (44 BH­32/580­652).
Al­Qunduzi.
21. Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas (d. 23BH­55/600­675).
Al­Qunduzi.
22. `Amr ibn al­`As (50 BH­43/574­664).
Al­Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad al­Khwarazmi.
23. Sahl ibn Sa`d al­'Ansari (d. 91/710).
Ibn `Uqdah al­Kufi,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Sulayman al­Qunduzi.
24. `Adi ibn Hatim (d. 68/687).
Ibn `Uqdah,
al­Sakhawi,
al­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Qunduzi.
25. `Uqbah ibn `Amir (d. 58/678).
Ibn `Uqdah,
al­Sakhawi,
al­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Qunduzi.
26. Abu Ayyub al­'Ansari, Khalid ibn Zayd (d. 52/672).
27. Abu Shurayh al­Khuza`i, Khuwaylid ibn `Amr (d. 68/687).
28. Abu Qudamah, al­'Ansari (martyred 37/657).
29. Abu Layla al­'Ansari (martyred 37/657).
30. `Umayrah al­'Aslami.
Hadith al­Thaqalayn has been narrated from all the above five (26 ­ 30) by:
Ibn `Uqdah,
al­Sakhawi,
Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Qunduzi.
31. `Amir ibn Layla ibn Damrah.
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu Musa al­Madini,
Abu al­Futuh al­`Ijli,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al­'Athir,
Ibn Hajar al­`Asqalani,
Shams al­Din al­Sakhawi,
Nur al­Din al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn al­Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
al­Qunduzi.
32. Zayd ibn Arqam (d.68/687).
Al­Nasa'i,
al­Hakim,
al­Tabarani,
`Ali al­Muttaqi al­Hindi
Muhammad Sadr al­`Alam,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il al­San`ani
al­Shaykhani al­Qadiri,
al­Hafiz al­Zarandi,
al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir, and many others.
33. `Abd Allah ibn `Umar (10 BH­73/613­692)
34. Fatimah al­Zahra' (A) (18 BH­11/604­632)
Al­Shaykh Sulayman al­Qunduzi.
35. Umm Salamah, Hind bint Suhayl (28 BH­62/596­681)
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu al­Hasan `Ali ibn `Umar al­Darqutni,
al­Sakhawi,
al­Samhudi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
al­Shaykhani al­Qadiri,
al­Razzaz, as in Wasilat al­ma'al.
36. Umm Hani, Fakhtah bint Abi Talib (d.40/661)
Ibn `Uqdah,
al­Sakhawi,
al­Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir.