chain of transmission, from ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn ʿĀʾish, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). This is more authentic, and ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn ʿĀʾish did not hear directly from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).

I later found that Abū Bakr ibn Abī ʿĀsim had narrated this hadith in The Book of the Sunnah through other chains of transmission, after stating: “Chapter: Reports concerning our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) seeing his Lord in a dream.” He transmitted, with a chain of narration, Ibn ʿAbbās’s explanation of the words:

“And We did not make the vision We showed you except as a trial for the people.”
[al-Isrāʾ 60]

He said: “It was a vision that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) saw with his own eyes.” He also transmitted, with a chain of narration, Ibn ʿAbbās’s statement concerning “And We did not make the vision We showed you,” from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Maysarah, from Musʿab ibn Saʿd, from Muʿādh