All its narrators are trustworthy transmitters found in the six canonical collections, except for Abd Rabbih al-Hujaymi. Al-Husayni said: “He is unknown.”

Al-Hafiz rebutted him in al-Ta'jil, saying: “I say: This is an error arising from a scribal corruption. Rather, it is Ubaydah al-Hujaymi. This is how it appears in the original of al-Musnad: from Hushaym, from Yunus ibn Ubayd, from Ubaydah al-Hujaymi, from Jabir ibn Sulaym; and from Affan, from Hammad, from Yunus, from Ubaydah al-Hujaymi, from Abu Tamimah al-Hujaymi, from Jabir ibn Sulaym.

“Al-Mizzi clarified this discrepancy in his biographical entry in al-Tahdhib. He is not unknown, for Abu Dawud and al-Nasai narrated from him, and Abd al-Salam Abu al-Khalil also narrated from him.”

I say: Al-Hafiz did not accomplish anything in removing the unknown status of this al-Hujaymi, for the mere fact that Abu Dawud and al-Nasai narrated from him does not take him out of the category of unknown narrators, as is evident. Perhaps al-Hafiz meant that he was not unknown in identity, since two people narrated from him. His words must be understood in this sense so that they do not conflict with his statement about him in al-Taqrib: that he is “unknown”—that is, of unknown reliability. And Allah knows best.

Thus, this chain of transmission is weak because this al-Hujaymi is unknown and because there is a break between him and Jabir ibn Sulaym, as demonstrated by Hammad’s narration from Yunus, which al-Hafiz mentioned and which will appear under “Do Not Regard Any Act of Kindness as Insignificant.” Moreover, his claim of scribal corruption is contradicted by the fact that al-Marwazi’s narration agrees with what is found in al-Musnad.

Al-Iraqi said concerning the hadith (3/105): “Ahmad and al-Tabarani narrated it with a good chain of transmission.” Thus he said. See “Hold Fast to Fear of Allah.” I say: