Al-Bazzar recorded it in his Musnad (p. 156 of Ibn Hajar’s Zawa'id), al-Fakihi in his Hadith collection (1/20/1), and Ibn 'Adi in al-Kamil (1/206), through Tariq—and al-Bazzar and al-Fakihi add: “‘Abbad ibn Kathir”—from Abu al-Zinad, with this report. Al-Bazzar said: “We know of no report from Abu Hurayrah except through this chain of transmission.” This is what he said, but what follows refutes it. Ibn 'Adi said: “Tariq ibn 'Ammar is known through this hadith. Al-Bukhari said: ‘No one corroborates him in it.’”

I say: This is what Imam al-Bukhari said, but it is open to question, for Baqiyyah said: “Mu'awiyah ibn Yahya narrated to me from Abu al-Zinad with this report.” It was recorded by Ibn Shahin in al-Targhib wa-al-Tarhib (2/297), Ibn 'Adi as well (2/335), and al-Quda'i in Musnad al-Shihab (fol. 83/2). Ibn 'Adi said: “Some of Mu'awiyah ibn Yahya al-Atrabulsi’s narrations are not corroborated.”

I say: This is only a mild criticism. Similar to it is the statement of al-Hafiz in al-Taqrib: “Truthful, but prone to errors; those who confused him with the one preceding him were mistaken”—meaning Mu'awiyah ibn Yahya al-Sadafi. Ibn Ma'in, Abu Hatim, and others said: “Al-Atrabulsi is stronger than al-Sadafi,” whereas al-Daraqutni reversed this judgment.

I say: At the very least, the hadith of such a narrator is good when corroborated, and Tariq ibn 'Ammar corroborated him, as mentioned above. Al-Mundhiri said concerning him (3/81): “There is some minor criticism concerning him, but he was not abandoned.”