The ḥadith is cited by Mālik in the Muwaṭṭaʾ, and—through his transmission—by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it “ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.” Muslim likewise relates it, as does al-Bayhaqī in al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt. All of them transmit it from Khubayb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārī, from Ḥafṣ ibn ʿĀṣim, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī—or from Abū Hurayrah—expressing uncertainty as to which Companion actually narrated it.

ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿUmar also reported it from Khubayb, but stated explicitly: “from Abū Hurayrah” alone. Al-Bukhārī included the narration, and in his version the first supplementary phrase appears; the same applies to al-Nasāʾī, Muslim, al-Tirmidhī—who also declared the report authentic—and Aḥmad, all of whom record it through comparable chains. Every one of these narrations contains the third wording, while al-Bukhārī and al-Nasāʾī additionally preserve the second wording.

Ḥammād ibn Zayd, transmitting from ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿUmar, adds the second supplementary phrase; his version carries the first wording and the fourth, which is the final one. Al-Jawzqī reproduces this, as noted in Fatḥ al-Bārī. The fourth supplementary phrase—the same final one—also appears in the collections of al-Bukhārī, al-Nasāʾī, and Aḥmad, while the third addition is found with al-Jawzqī, together with the second.

The ḥadith is likewise narrated by al-Ṭayālisī and al-Khaṭīb through the route of Mubārak ibn Faḍālah: the former says “from Khubayb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān,” whereas the latter authorities say “from ʿUbaydullāh, from Khubayb,” with wording similar to what has been mentioned.