This is a sound hadith; the two narrators called Jarir concurred in transmitting it from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr.

Al-Nasaʾi and al-Qazwini likewise recorded it through the route of Jarir ibn ʿAbd al-Hamid, so that it has reached us by an alternative but elevated chain (1).

Al-Nasaʾi also brought it through the narration of Ibn Hazim, saying: “ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Sabbah related to us, from ʿAbd al-Aʿla al-Sami, from Hisham ibn Hassān, from Jarir ibn Hazim,” and by this path we obtained it with a chain that is exceedingly high.

Al-Athram said: I heard Abu ʿAbd Allah mention Hammad ibn Zayd’s remark, “Jarir was the most accurate memorizer among us.” Abu ʿAbd Allah then looked at me, smiled, and said, “But that was only in recent times.”

I said, “He transmits from Yahya, from ʿAmrah, from ʿAʾishah, who said, ‘Hafṣah and I awoke while fasting’ (2).” Abu ʿAbd Allah rejected it and asked, “Who comes after him in the chain?”

I replied, “Jarir.”

He said, “Jarir used to narrate on the basis of conjecture.”

I asked, “Did he relate to them by conjecture only in Egypt in particular, or elsewhere as well?”

He answered, “Both elsewhere and there.”

Abu ʿAbd Allah also said, “Some of the reports he attributes to Qatadah are baseless.”

I have introduced Jarir here, even though his death occurred later; in matters such as this the discrepancy is minor.