This chain is sound for corroboration; Muḥammad ibn Hilāl and his father were both deemed trustworthy by Ibn Ḥibbān.
5 – From Ibn Isḥāq who said: “Khubayb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khubayb al-Anṣārī narrated to me, from Ḥafṣ ibn ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, from Abū Hurayrah,” traced back to the Prophet.
Recorded by Aḥmad (2/397). This isnād is ḥasan—indeed, it may be ṣaḥīḥ. All of its transmitters belong to the Six Books except Ibn Isḥāq, and he is reliable; moreover, he has explicitly stated that he heard it.
6 – Via Sufyān, from Ṣāliḥ, the freedman of al-Tawʾamah, from him.
Aḥmad transmitted it (2/466, 484). Its chain is likewise sound for corroboration.
7 – From Ḥassān ibn Ghālib who said: “Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us, from Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah, from Nāfiʿ, from Abū Hurayrah,” traced back to the Prophet.
Al-Ṭaḥāwī recorded it. Its narrators are trustworthy except for this Ḥassān, for he is weak; the well-known version coming from Nāfiʿ is through Ibn ʿUmar, as will be mentioned shortly.
8 – Through Kathīr ibn Zayd, from al-Walīd ibn Rabāḥ, from him.
Al-Tirmidhī (2/326, Būlāq ed.) recorded it with a ḥasan chain.
(2) Among those who transmit the ḥadith is ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both—and he has two routes for it:
1 – Via ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, from Nāfiʿ, from him.