Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I lived through eight years of the blessed life of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); I was born in the year of the Battle of Uhud. Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad, says: My father said: Thabit came to us in Kufah and stayed in the city built by (the Abbasid caliph) Abu Ja'far (al-Mansur). Yahya bin Ma'in and I went, and we heard hadith from him.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العلم / 973
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن۔
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام الطبراني فى معجم الاوسط 4290»