The first: ʿAttaf ibn Khalid, from Nafiʿ, with some variation in word order.

Al-Hakim recorded it (4/211–212), as did al-Khatib (10/39), who cited only its opening portion, through the route of ʿAbd Allah ibn Salih al-Misri, who said: “ʿAttaf ibn Khalid narrated to us,” from him.

I say: Al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi made no comment on it. It is a good chain for corroboration, since its narrators are among al-Bukhari’s transmitters, apart from ʿAttaf ibn Khalid, who is truthful but prone to error, as stated in al-Taqrib. Ibn Salih, too, has some weakness.

The other is through Saʿid ibn Maymun, from Nafiʿ, with no mention of the day on which Job was cured.

Ibn Majah recorded it (3488) through the route of ʿUthman ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, who said: “ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿIsmah narrated to us,” from Saʿid ibn Maymun.

I say: All three of these men are unknown. It was also narrated through another route, in abbreviated form and as a Companion’s statement, with some variation in wording. Al-Hakim recorded it through the route of ʿAbd Allah ibn Hisham al-Dustuwaʾi, who said: “My father narrated to me, from Ayyub, from Nafiʿ,” who said: Ibn ʿUmar said to me: “O Nafiʿ, go and bring me a cupper, but do not bring me an elderly man or a young boy.” He then said: “Have cupping performed on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, but do not have cupping performed on Wednesday.”

Al-Hakim declared it authentic, but al-Dhahabi criticized this, saying: “I say: ʿAbd Allah is abandoned.”

I say: His narration of this hadith in this contradictory manner further attests to his weakness, for he made