I have found supporting reports for this hadith by which it is strengthened. Al-Ṭaḥāwī (1/395) said: “Abū Umayyah narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Sābiq narrated to us: Isrāʾīl—Abū Isrāʾīl in the original text—narrated to us from Manṣūr, from Abū al-Ḥajjāj, from a client of Abū Qatādah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,” and he cited it in full.

I say: This is a strong supporting report. All its narrators are trustworthy, apart from the client of Abū Qatādah, whom I have not been able to identify. However, if he was a Companion, his unknown status does no harm, since all the Companions are upright, as is well known. It is possible that he was one of them, since Abū al-Ḥajjāj—the one who narrated from him—was Mujāhid ibn Jabr, the well-known Successor.

Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned it in al-ʿIlal (2/31) through the route of ʿUbayd ibn Isḥāq, from Miskīn ibn Dīnār al-Taymī, from Mujāhid, who said: “Zayd al-Jurashī narrated to me: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say...” Then he cited it in full, and said: “My father said: ‘This is a rejected hadith.’”

I say: Its hidden defect is this ʿUbayd, namely al-ʿAṭṭār, whom the majority of scholars deemed weak. There has been considerable variation in the chains through Mujāhid for this hadith; Abū Nuʿaym exhaustively collected its routes in al-Ḥilyah (3/307–309). In some of them, the hadith occurs in full, including this route of ʿUbayd and others; some are found in al-Musnad (3/28, 44). In certain other routes, however, only the addition at its end occurs, which al-Ṭaḥāwī narrated (1/393–394). This addition has also been narrated from Abū Hurayrah, but it is not preserved from him, as I have explained in the other book (1462).

In sum, with these routes and supporting reports, the hadith does not fall below the rank of good.