Zubayriq al-Himsi, and Ali ibn Sadaqah, among others, as al-Hafiz stated in The Tahdhib (2/331). He also explicitly stated that al-Nasa'i recorded it in his Work of Day and Night. It was also recorded by al-Tabarani and Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, as cited in The Encouragement (2/261), which states:

“Al-Nasa'i and al-Tabarani recorded it through chains of transmission, one of which is authentic. Our shaykh Abu al-Hasan said: ‘It meets al-Bukhari’s conditions.’ Ibn Hibban recorded it in the Book of Prayer and authenticated it. In some of its routes, al-Tabarani added: ‘Say: He is Allah, One’; its chain with this addition is also good.”

After citing it in both narrations, al-Haythami said (10/102): “Al-Tabarani recorded it in his Major and Middle Collections through several chains, one of which is good.”

I say: Some scholars have criticized this hadith, to the extent that Ibn al-Jawzi included it in The Fabrications; in doing so, he made a grave error, as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar and others pointed out. We have discussed his remarks on this in The Excellent Annotations on Provision for the Hereafter, so there is no need to repeat them.

The hadith has also been narrated through another chain with the wording: “Whoever recites the Verse of the Throne after every prescribed prayer is like one who fought in defense of Allah’s Prophets until he was martyred.” Ibn al-Sunni recorded it (no. 120), saying: Abu Muhammad ibn Sa'id informed us; Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Ma'ruf narrated to us; Abd al-Hamid ibn Ibrahim Abu al-Taqi narrated to us; Isma'il ibn Ayyash narrated to us,