Sharh Maani al-Athar 252

Abu Jafar al-Tahawi

«قَالَ: أنا إِسْرَائِيلُ»

Its text does not say these are the Prophet’s words ﷺ, so they are not framed in gold.

The text as printed

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ، قَالَ: ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ: أنا إِسْرَائِيلُ، ح.

Rulings on it

The early critics’ verdicts on this hadith have not been extracted from their books yet: they are in their texts, and their extraction is coming.