The second supporting route comes through al-Darāwardī. Although he is reliable and Muslim relied on him, there is still something to note. In al-Taqrīb Ibn Ḥajar says of him: “Truthful, but he used to narrate from other people’s notebooks and would make mistakes.” Therefore, his report is not accepted when it contradicts trustworthy narrators such as Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm—namely Ibn ʿUlayyah, the dependable ḥāfiẓ.

Al-Darāwardī committed yet another error: he portrayed the ḥadith as the Prophet’s instruction to his daughter Fāṭimah, whereas in reality it is Fāṭimah herself who relates what the Prophet ﷺ did, as all the other transmitters narrate. Take heed of this point.

The third chain is traced back to the Prophet ﷺ through Abū Hurayrah with the wording:

“When any of you enters the mosque, let him greet the Prophet ﷺ and say, ‘O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.’ When he leaves, let him likewise greet the Prophet ﷺ and say, ‘O Allah, protect me from the accursed Satan.’”

It was recorded by Ibn Mājah (1/260); al-Ḥākim (1/207)—and through him al-Bayhaqī (2/442); and Ibn al-Sunnī (p. 31, no. 84) via the route of Abū Bakr al-Ḥanafī: “al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿUthmān narrated to us; Saʿīd al-Maqburī narrated to him, from Abū Hurayrah.”

Al-Ḥākim declared: “Its chain is sound according to the standards of the two Shaykhs,” and al-Dhahabī agreed. Their judgment, however, is inaccurate; the chain meets only Muslim’s standards, for al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿUthmān is not included by al-Bukhārī.