This is narrated in reports from Abu Saʿid and Abu Hurayrah.
- As for the hadith of Abu Saʿid, al-ʿAlaʾ ibn al-Musayyab narrated it from his father, from Abu Saʿid, attributing it to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the same wording. It was recorded by Abu Yaʿla in his Musnad (1/289–290), Ibn Hibban (960), Abu Bakr al-Anbari in al-Amali (10/2), Ibn Makhlad al-ʿAttar in al-Muntaqa min Ahadithih (2/85/2), the judge al-Sharif Abu al-Husayn in al-Mashyakha (1/178/1), al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan (5/262), and al-Khatib in al-Tarikh (8/318), all through Khalaf ibn Khalifah, from al-ʿAlaʾ, with it.
I say: This is a chain of transmission whose narrators are trustworthy and are among Muslim’s narrators, except that Khalaf had become confused in his later years. However, he has been corroborated. Al-Khatib said immediately afterward: “Sufyan al-Thawri narrated it from al-ʿAlaʾ in the same manner as Khalaf ibn Khalifah.”
I say: ʿAbd al-Razzaq transmitted it with a connected chain from Sufyan, with the same wording. It was recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat (1/110/1), as well as by al-Dabari in his Hadith from ʿAbd al-Razzaq (173/2–174/1), except that he said: “From his father, or from a man, from Abu Saʿid.” Al-Tabarani said: “No one but ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated it as a report attributed to the Prophet from Sufyan.”
I say: He is trustworthy and authoritative, provided that he does not contradict others. Muhammad ibn Fudayl differed from them, saying: From al-ʿAlaʾ ibn al-Musayyab, from Yunus ibn Khabbab, from Abu Saʿid, with it. It was recorded by Abu Bakr al-Anbari and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, while al-Bayhaqi cited it in suspended form.