However, Yaʿqūb ibn Sufyān listed him among the reliable Egyptian transmitters in al-Maʿrifah 2/519, and Ibn Ḥibbān likewise placed him in his Trustworthy Successors 5/184. For that reason al-Ḥāfiẓ declared in al-Taqrīb that he is ṣadūq (truthful).
Accordingly, the ḥadith is ḥasan in and of itself, or at the very least ḥasan through supporting chains; indeed, in light of what has already been cited—and what will follow—it rises to the level of ṣaḥīḥ.
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The second route: from Ibn Wahb, who said, “I was informed by Ibn Luhayʿah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hubayrah, from Abū Hurayrah—or Hubayrah al-ʿAjlānī—from a client of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once came out to them while they were in the mosque and said, ‘My Lord has forbidden to me wine, gambling, the kūbah, and the qanīn.’” The kūbah is a drum.
It was recorded by al-Bayhaqī 10/222, and by Aḥmad 2/172: “Yahyā narrated to us; Ibn Luhayʿah narrated to us” with the same chain, except that he said, “from Abū Hubayrah al-Kalāʿī, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr,” expressing no doubt and omitting the mention of the client.
I say: the men in al-Bayhaqī’s isnād are trustworthy except for the client, whom I could not identify. It may be that he is the very Abū Hubayrah himself, but he is majhūl, as noted in Taʿjīl al-Manfaʿah—and Allah knows best. -
The third route: through Faraj ibn Faḍālah, from Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Rāfiʿ, from his father, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, traced back to the Prophet with the wording: