Ibn Abi ‘Asim also transmitted it (folio 20/1), as did al-Hakim (4/605), through Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, with the same wording. He said: “Authentic according to Muslim’s criteria.” Al-Dhahabi concurred with him, but it is only good. He also transmitted a corroborating report for it through ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Aqil, from al-Tufayl ibn Ubayy ibn Ka‘b, from his father, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording, within a hadith that states: “He was the first to lead the Arabs to worship idols.” Al-Hakim also transmitted it and said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi likewise concurred with him, but it is only good, owing to the well-known disagreement concerning Ibn ‘Aqil.

It has a brief corroborating report with the wording: “The first to alter Abraham’s religion was ‘Amr ibn Luhay ibn Qam‘ah ibn Khandaf, the father of Khuza‘ah.” Ibn Abi ‘Asim transmitted it (23/1), as did al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (no. 10808) and al-Awsat (no. 202 in my numbering), through Ibn Abi Dhi’b, from Salih, the freedman of al-Taw’amah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said. This is a good chain of transmission for corroborative purposes, at the very least.

1678 — “The first ritual observance of your day (and in another narration: rite) is the prayer.”

Ahmad transmitted it (4/282), as did al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (no. 1169), through Abu Janab al-Kalbi, who said: Yazid ibn al-Bara’ narrated to me from his father, who said: