It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (1) through Abū Nuʿaym, from Sufyān al-Thawrī.

Imām Aḥmad (2) said: “Yazīd narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr informed us; from Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
‘Al-Tufayl ibn ʿAmr al-Dawsī and his companions arrived and said, “O Messenger of Allah, Daws has defied and refused; supplicate Allah against them.”’

Abū Hurayrah continued: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, raised his hands, and I thought, ‘Daws is doomed.’ But he prayed:

‘O Allah, guide Daws and bring them here.’” (3)

The chain is good, and the two Ṣaḥīḥs did not record it.

Imām Aḥmad (4) also said: “Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb narrated to us; Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us; from Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf; from Abū al-Zubayr; from Jābir:

Al-Tufayl ibn ʿAmr al-Dawsī came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, would you like a fortified stronghold and secure protection?’—referring to a fortress that had belonged to Daws in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, declined, for Allah had reserved that honor for the Anṣār.

When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, migrated to Madinah, al-Tufayl ibn ʿAmr also emigrated, accompanied by a man from his tribe. The climate of Madinah was hard on them, the man fell ill and despaired, took some arrowheads and severed the joints of his fingers; his hands gushed blood and did not cease until he died.

Al-Tufayl ibn ʿAmr saw him in a dream in a pleasing state, yet his hands were covered. He asked, ‘What has your Lord done with you?’ He replied, ‘He forgave me because of my emigration to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.’ Al-Tufayl asked, ‘Why, then, do I see you covering your hands?’ He answered, ‘I was told: We shall not restore what you ruined.’

Al-Tufayl related this to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who then prayed, ‘O Allah, and for his hands—forgive.’

Muslim (7) recorded it through Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, both from Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb, with this chain.

If it is asked, ‘How can this ḥadīth be reconciled with the report authentically transmitted in the two Ṣaḥīḥs (8), through al-Ḥasan from Jundub, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Among those before you there was a man who had a wound; he lost patience, took a knife, and cut his hand, and the bleeding did not stop until he died. Allah, Exalted is He, said, ‘My servant hastened his soul to Me, so I have forbidden Paradise for him’?”’—

the answer is offered in several ways. First, that man may have been a polytheist whereas this man was a believer. Thus the former’s deed was an independent cause for his entry into Hell—though his polytheism alone sufficed—yet it was highlighted so that the Prophet’s community might take heed.