حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ، ثنا أَبُو مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيُّ ، ثنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْجَدَلِيُّ جَدِيلَةَ قَيْسٍ ، أَنَّ أَمِيرَ مَكَّةَ خَطَبَنَا فَنَشَدَ النَّاسَ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ رَأَى الْهِلالَ لِيَوْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَنْسُكَ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ نَرَهُ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدَا عَدْلٍ نَسَكْنَا بِشَهَادَتِهِمَا " . قَالَ : فَسَأَلْتُ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ : مَنْ أَمِيرُ مَكَّةَ ؟ قَالَ : لا أَدْرِي ، ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي بَعْدُ ، فَقَالَ : هُوَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ حَاطِبٍ أَخُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ . هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ مُتَّصِلٌ صَحِيحٌ.
Husayn bin Harith Jadali narrates: The governor of Makkah, while delivering a sermon, made the people take an oath and inquired: Who among you has seen the crescent of "such-and-such first"? Then he said: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) instructed us (that we should perform the sacrifice on the day of Eid al-Adha) if we do not see the crescent ourselves and two just witnesses testify to it, then we should perform the sacrifice (i.e., Eid al-Adha) based on their testimony. The narrator says: I asked Husayn bin Harith who that governor was, and he replied: I do not know. After that, I met him again, and he informed me: That person was Harith bin Hatib, who was the brother of Muhammad bin Hatib. Its chain is connected and this narration is authentic.