Concerning Ḥabīb: al-Ṭabarānī said, “He is Ibn Abī Thābit, reporting from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās.” Thus Ḥamzah al-Zayyāt is clear of any uncertainty, and the chain of transmission proves sound; and Allah knows best.
Al-Bukhārī relates: Musaddad narrated to us, from Yaḥyā, from Ibn Jurayj, who said, “ʿAbd Allāh, the freedman of Asmāʾ, informed me on the authority of Asmāʾ. She spent the Night of Gathering at Muzdalifah, rose to pray and, after worshipping for a while, said, ‘My son, has the moon set?’ I answered, ‘No.’ She prayed a while longer, then asked, ‘Has the moon set now?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ She said, ‘Then let us move on.’ We set out and continued until she cast the Jamrah, after which she returned and performed the dawn prayer in her lodging. I remarked, ‘Dear mother, it seems we stoned while it was still dark.’ She replied, ‘My son, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted permission for the womenfolk.’ Muslim also transmits the report through Ibn Jurayj.
If, therefore, Asmāʾ bint al-Ṣiddīq actually stoned the Jamrah before sunrise on the strength of explicit prophetic instruction, her narration has priority over the report of Ibn ʿAbbās, for her chain is the stronger of the two. One might contend, however, that boys are lighter and more energetic than women; hence they were told not to stone before sunrise, whereas the women were allowed to do so, being slower and better concealed under cover of darkness. Allah knows best. Should it be the case that Asmāʾ acted without explicit instruction, then the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās takes precedence over her individual practice.
The first opinion is bolstered by Abū Dāwūd’s statement: “Muḥammad ibn Khallād al-Bāhilī narrated to us; Yaḥyā narrated to us; from Ibn Jurayj, who informed me from ʿAṭāʾ, who was informed by someone on the authority of Asmāʾ that she cast the Jamrah at night. I said, ‘We have stoned the Jamrah at night.’ She replied, ‘We used to do that during the time of the Prophet ﷺ.’”
Al-Bukhārī also reports: “Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us; Aflah ibn Ḥumayd, from al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: ‘We halted at Muzdalifah, and Sawdah sought permission from the Prophet ﷺ to leave ahead of the crush of people—she was a slow-moving woman—and he granted her leave. She departed before the crowd pressed forward, while we remained until morning; then we departed with him. How I wish I had asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for what Sawdah asked—such a concession would be dearer to me than any prized possession.’” Muslim likewise records it through al-Qaʿnabī from Aflah ibn Ḥumayd, and both Imams include the narration.