The Companion-attributed version to which al-Mundhiri referred was also recorded by Ibn Abi al-Dunya (fol. 2/2) and al-ʿUqayli in al-Ḍuʿafāʾ (p. 144), through Hushaym, who said: Zakariyya ibn Abi Maryam al-Khuzaʿi informed us: I heard Abu Umamah say—then he cited it as a Companion-attributed report. It mentions ghayy (misguidance) and āthām (sins), but without an explanation.

Al-ʿUqayli also narrated from ʿAli ibn al-Madini, who said: I heard ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi—who mentioned Zakariyya ibn Abi Maryam, from whom Hushaym narrated—say: “We asked Shuʿbah, ‘Did you meet Zakariyya ibn Abi Maryam? Did he hear from Abu Umamah?’” He began expressing astonishment; then Zakariyya was mentioned, and he let out a cry. “And Bishr narrated this hadith to us …”

I say: He then cited it. Ibn Abi Hatim said: “Shuʿbah’s cry indicated that he did not approve of him.”

I say: His astonishment apparently arose from Zakariyya’s explicit assertion that he had heard from Abu Umamah. Ibn ʿAdi said (fol. 148/1), after relating the above report of Ibn Mahdi: “Hushaym narrated only a few reports from Zakariyya ibn Abi Maryam, and none of the hadiths that Hushaym narrated from him possesses any lustre or clarity.”

I say: If al-Mundhiri intended this report by the Companion-attributed version, then his statement that it is more sound is open to an evident objection—especially since it does not contain the explanation referred to. And Allah knows best. I then came across Sharqi ibn Qatami’s narration in al-Tabarani’s al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (7731), which he recorded through another chain from him.