—and Imām Aḥmad, according to one of the reports from him, as has already been noted—and, at the same time, it is firmly established as a statement of Ibn ʿAbbās, transmitted through sound chains, as shown both here and in al-Kitāb as well. I have affirmed this in al-Baḥth al-Khāmis; see (pp. 49–51) of al-Baḥth al-Sābiʿ.

A third factor that lends our ḥadith added strength is that it is supported by two musnad corroborations, one from ʿĀʾishah and the other from Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays, as has been explained.

A fourth corroboration is the explicit approval—whether by word or by practice—of its very transmitters: ʿĀʾishah, Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays, and Qatādah.