Narrator:Abdullah ibn Hantab
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ
" هَذَانِ السَّمْعُ وَالْبَصَرُ "
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Hantab:
that the Prophet (ﷺ) saw Abu Bakr and 'Umar and said: "These two are the hearing and the seeing."
Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3671).
Scholars’ grades
The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.
| Scholar | Grade | Applies to | Work |
| Al-Albanid. 1420 AH |
AuthenticSahih |
The hadith |
No. 3671 |
| Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH |
WeakDaif |
The hadith |
No. 3671 |
| Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH |
AuthenticSahih |
The hadith |
No. 3671 |
Other versions
Not graded
Mishkat al-Masabih 6064
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ: «هَذَانِ السَّمْعُ وَالْبَصَرُ» رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ مُرْسلا
Narrated by Abdullah ibn Hantab