It has also been narrated with connected chains on the authority of Ibn Abbas, Abu al-Tufayl, Anas ibn Malik, and Suwayd ibn Amr.

1. As for the hadith of Ibn Abbas, al-Qati‘i related it with a connected chain in Juz’ al-Alf Dinar (fol. 38/2): Muhammad narrated to us: Mu‘adh ibn Mu‘adh ibn Suqayr—an associate of ‘Uthman ibn ‘Umar—narrated to us: al-Bara’ ibn Yazid al-Ghanawi narrated to us: Abu Jamrah narrated to us from him. Al-Tabarani also transmitted it through this chain, as cited in al-Muntaqa minhu (4/4/1).

I say: Muhammad is Ibn Yunus ibn Musa al-Kudaymi, who is accused of lying; thus, he cannot be used as corroborating evidence. Yet perhaps he was not alone in narrating it, for al-Haythami said in al-Majma‘ (8/152): “Al-Bazzar narrated it, and its chain contains Yazid ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Bara’ al-Ghanawi, who is weak.”

I say: He did not declare it defective on account of al-Kudaymi. Had al-Kudaymi also been in al-Bazzar’s chain, he would not have passed over his defect in favor of citing the weak narrator—namely, al-Ghanawi. Moreover, his statement, “It contains Yazid ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Bara’,” may be an error on his part or on that of some copyists, for no such name exists. Rather, as in the chains of al-Qati‘i and al-Tabarani, he is al-Bara’ ibn Yazid al-Ghanawi—that is, al-Bara’ ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid, referred to by his grandfather’s name. He is weak, as stated in al-Taqrib. I then came across al-Bazzar’s chain in Kashf al-Astar (1877), and it is identical to al-Qati‘i’s chain, except that he identified Muhammad as Ibn Yunus.

2. As for the hadith of Abu al-Tufayl, al-Tabarani narrated it, and it contains an unnamed narrator, as al-Haythami stated.

3 and 4. As for the hadiths of Anas and Suwayd, al-Suyuti attributed them both to al-Bayhaqi in al-Shu‘ab. I have not come across their chains, nor anyone who has clarified the defect in either of them. In sum, the hadith, taken together with all its routes, is good at the very least.