حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمِيرَةَ، وَكَانَ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ ‏”‏ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا وَاهْدِ بِهِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏
Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sallam) said to Muawiyah (r.a): “Allah, make him (Muawiya ) guided, a guider, and guide people through him”.

Chain:
1) Abdurrahman ibn Abu Umeyrat. Tirmizi said he was from companions. Ibn Hajar in “Isaba” wrote:

ذكره البخاري وابن سعد وابن البرقي وابن حبان وعبد الصمد بن سعيد في الصحابة وذكره أبو الحسن بن سميع في الطبقة الأولى من الصحابة الذين نزلوا حمص
“Bukhari, ibn Sad, ibn al-Barqi, ibn Hibban, Abdussamad ibn Sayed mentioned him as companion, Abul Hasan ibn Sumay mentioned him in 1-st generations of companions which settled in Hums”.

And he also said:

فعجب من قول بن عبد البر حديثه منقطع الإسناد مرسل لا تثبت أحاديثه ولا تصح صحبته
“And opinion of ibn abd-Al-Bar is amazing, (he claimed) that his narrations are broken, chain is disconnected, and his narrations are not established and it’s not proven his talks (with prophet, sallalahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sallam).

Hafidh Alaatdin al-Mughlutai in “al-Ibanah ila marifat al-mukhtalif fihim min as sahaba” (2/24) said that Abu Nuaym, ibn Ghani, ibn Hibban, ibn Mandah mentioned him amongst companions.

2) Rabiat ibn Yazeed. Ibn Hajar in “Taqrib” 1919said:

ربيعة ابن يزيد الدمشقي أبو شعيب الإيادي القصير ثقة عابد من الرابعة مات سنة إحدى أو ثلاث وعشرين

“Rabiat ibn Yazeed ad-Dimashqi Abu Shuyab al-Iydi al-Qasii, thiqat, worshipper from 4 (level) died in 21 or 23”.

3) Sayed ibn Abdulaziz imam, thiqat. Got confused in the end. “Taqrib” 2358 He was thiqat in accordance to ibn Muin, Abu Khatim and Ijli. “Tahzib at tahzib” 4/n 102.

4) AbdulAla ibn Muskhar. Thiqat like Abu Dawud and Abu Khatim said. Ibn Hibban mentioned in “Thiqat”. Khalili said: Thiqat, hafidh, imam. Hakim said: Imam thiqat. “Tahzib at tahzib” 6/n 205.

5) Muhammad ibn Yahya. As far as I understand that should be Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Ayub ibn Ibrahim ath-Thaqafi. Thiqat in accordance to Nasai and Maslamat. Ibn Hibban mentioned in “Thiqat”. “Tahzib at tahzib” 9/n 836.

Some other chains here in “Siyar”. In “Hiliyat” of Abu Nuaym 8/358, Tabarani “al-Awsat” n656 and “Musnad Shamiin” n 2198, 2199, Ahmad in “Musnad” 17926. Sheikh Shuayb Arnawut said: Narrators thuqat, narrators sahih. And then noticed ikhtilat of Sayed.

Tirmizi said: Hadith hasan gharib.
Sheikh Albani said it’s sahih.

Muhammad Ameen Shinqiti in “Ahadeth an-nabawiya fi fadhail Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan” wrote:

أخرج الإمام البخاري بسند صحيح في التاريخ الكبير (5|240): عن أبي مسهر حدثنا سعيد بن عبد العزيز عن ربيعة بن يزيد عن (الصحابي عبد الرحمن) بن أبي عميرة قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لمعاوية: «اللهم اجعلهُ هادِياً مَهديّاً واهده واهدِ به».”It was transmitted by imam Buhari in his “Tareeh al-kabir” (5/240) via authentic chain: From Abu Musakhar, it was reported to me by Sayed ibn Abdulaziz from Rabiat ibn Yazid from (companion Abdurrahman) ibn Abu Umeyrat, which said: Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sallam) said about Muawiyah: “Allah, make him (Muawiya :ra: ) guided, a guider, and guide people through him”.

وأصح ما رُوي في فضل معاوية حديث أبي حمزة عن ابن عباس أنه كاتِبُ النبيِّ منذ أسلم، أخرجه مسلم في صحيحه. وبعده حديث العرباض: اللهم علمه الكتاب. وبعد حديث ابن أبي عَميرة: اللهم اجعله هاديا مهديا”
“And most authentic that was narrated in merits of Muawiya narration of Abu Hamza from ibn Abbas that he was scribe of prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sallam) after he embraced Islam,it was reported by Muslim in his Sahih, and after that narration of al-Irbad: O Allah teach him the book, and after that narration of ibn Abu Umeyrah: O Allah make him guided, a guider”.

روى بإسناده عن أبي الحسن علي بن محمد القابسي قال سمعت أبا علي الحسن بن أبي هلال يقول سئل أبو عبد الرحمن النسائي عن معاوية بن أبي سفيان صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال إنما الإسلام كدار لها باب فباب الإسلام الصحابة فمن آذى الصحابة إنما أراد الإسلام كمن نقر الباب إنما يريد دخول الدار قال فمن أراد معاوية فإنما أراد الصحابة

“And he narrated with his chain from abul-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qabsi (or al-Qabusi) which said: I heard Abu Ali Al-Hasan ibn Abu Khallal, that he said: Abu Abdurrahman an-Nasai was asked about Mu’awiyah. His reply was: “Islam is like a house with a door. The door of Islam is the Sahaba. Whoever speaks ill of the Sahaba seeks but to harm Islam, just like one who knocks a door to enter a house. As for Mu’awiyah, whoever speaks ill of him seeks to find a way to speak ill of the Sahaba.”