It was recorded by Ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his History (1/8). However, al-Masudi—whose name was Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah—had become confused in his later years.

Marwan ibn Muawiyah differed from both of them, reporting: from Ismail, from Shabil ibn Awf, from Abu Jubayrah.

It was recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Mujam al-Kabir (22/390–391) through Yaqub ibn Humayd, who said: Marwan narrated to us ... Al-Haythami said (10/390):

“Al-Tabarani narrated it with a good chain of transmission.”

I say: It is as he said, despite the well-known disagreement concerning this Yaqub. Al-Hafiz alluded to this in al-Taqrib, saying:

“Truthful; he would sometimes err.”

I say: But a number of others corroborated him, so his narration is more preponderant than that of the two preceding narrators. Yet all of them were contradicted, according to the following version:

The other version is that a number of trustworthy narrators reported: from Ismail, from Shabil, from Abu Jubayrah, from elders of the Ansar, who said: “We heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace ...” Thus, they added “the elders.”

Al-Tabari recorded it in al-Tarikh (1/8–9) through Yazid—who was Ibn Harun—and al-Tabarani in al-Mujam al-Kabir (22/391/972), and through his route Abu Nuaym in al-Hilyah (4/161), through Mutamir ibn Sulayman. Both narrated it from Ismail in this manner.

Others also corroborated them. Abu Nuaym said immediately afterward:

“Abu Hamzah al-Sukkari, Marwan ibn Muawiyah—the one mentioned in the first version—and others narrated it from Ismail likewise.”

I say: These trustworthy narrators made the hadith a report from the elders of the Ansar, narrated by