Its narrators are those of the Sahih, as al-Haythami stated (3/166), so it is authentic but for Habib’s unexplicit “from” transmission, for he practised tadlis.

He also recorded (10604), through Atiyyah, who said: A young man asked Ibn Abbas, “May one kiss while fasting?” He replied, “No.” Then an elderly man came and asked, “May one kiss while fasting?” He replied, “Yes.” The young man said, “I asked you whether I could kiss while fasting, and you said, ‘No.’ This man asked you whether he could kiss while fasting, and you said, ‘Yes.’ How can what is forbidden to this one be lawful for that one, when we follow one religion?” Ibn Abbas replied, “The veins of the testicles are connected to the nose: when the nose smells, the penis is aroused; and when the penis is aroused, it calls one to something greater than that. The elderly man has greater control over his desire.” This was after Abdullah had lost his sight, and a woman was behind him. He was told, “O Ibn Abbas, there is a woman behind you!” He said, “Fie upon the companionship of such people!”

I say: Atiyyah—al-Awfi—is weak and practised tadlis.

1607 — “Indeed, the greeting of peace is one of Allah’s names, which Allah has placed on earth, so spread it among yourselves. When a man greets a people with peace and they return his greeting, he has the merit of one degree over them, because he reminded them. But if they do not return his greeting, one better and more virtuous than they will return it to him.”

Al-Tabarani narrated it (no. 10391) from Sufyan ibn Bishr, who said: Ayyub ibn Jabir informed us, from al-A'mash, from Zayd ibn Wahb, from Abdullah, in a report attributed to the Prophet.

I say: I could not find a biographical notice for Sufyan ibn Bishr. Ayyub ibn Jabir is weak, but more than one narrator has corroborated him.