Discussion of Siyar ibn Hukm and the chain of narration of the hadith (Blessed is the one who saw me, and blessed is the one who saw the one who saw the one who saw me)

Al-Halabi : You mentioned that our Shaykh is the narrator Siyar ibn Hukm.

The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : The brother says he is Siyar Abu Hamzah, and both are at the level of reliability, so this does not affect the validity of the hadith. As for his statement that Ibn Hajar said he is acceptable, I went back to the Shaykh in *Al-Tahdhib*; he was narrated from by a group of people, and Ibn Hibban graded him as trustworthy, and al-Hakim and Ibn Hibban and others authenticated his hadith.

The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : So such a person is considered trustworthy by our Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.
Al-Halabi : And as for the second hadith, Shaykh, it is the hadith: .

The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : I have now tracked this addition in *Al-Sahihah*. It states that the narrator is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Araq. You said that Ibn Abi Hatim wrote a biography for him but did not issue a judgment of criticism or vindication. The brother says: Ibn Hajar mentioned him in *Al-Tahdhib*, and Ibn Hibban said in *Al-Thiqat*: "His hadith is not to be relied upon if it is from Baqi." And this hadith is from Baqi. This addition is, meaning, the weakest of the narrations and the least reliable is this narration. And you mentioned corroborating narrations, but they are very weak.

The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : So this means it needs to be looked into.

The Shaykh : This needs to be looked into.
Al-Halabi : This needs to be looked into.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
Al-Halabi : Amen. I will write it for you, Shaykh. Do you want a note? Do you want a paper?
The student: No, no.
Al-Halabi : That is all. I said you wanted it.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.