It has also been narrated on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Awfa, and ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar.
- As for the hadith of Anas, it has several chains:
The first is through Ayyub ibn ‘Utbah, who said: Al-Fadl ibn Bakr al-‘Abdi narrated to us from Qatadah, from Anas. It was recorded by al-Bazzar (no. 80), al-‘Uqayli (p. 352), Abu Bakr al-Dinawari in al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir al-‘Ilm (7/145/1)—whose wording is cited here—Abu Muslim al-Katib in al-Amali (261/1), Abu Nu‘aym in al-Hilyah (2/343), al-Harawi in Dhamm al-Kalam (145/1), and al-Quda‘i (25/2). Al-Bazzar said: “No one narrated it from Qatadah except al-Fadl, and no one narrated it from al-Fadl except Ayyub ibn ‘Utbah.” That is what he said; but I found a corroborating chain for their report, recorded by Abu al-Shaykh in Tabaqat al-Asbahaniyyin, through ‘Ikrimah ibn Ibrahim, from Hisham, from Yahya, from Qatadah, with the same wording.
I say: Both routes to Qatadah are weak, since ‘Ikrimah ibn Ibrahim and Ayyub ibn ‘Utbah are weak. As for al-Fadl ibn Bakr al-‘Abdi, al-Dhahabi said: “He is unknown.” Al-‘Uqayli indicated the weakness we have mentioned, saying after it: “It has been narrated from Anas through another route, and from someone other than Anas through chains containing some weakness.”
The second is through Za’idah ibn Abi al-Ruqqad, from Ziyad al-Numayri, from Anas, attributed to the Prophet, with the wording: “There are three expiations, three degrees in rank, three saving traits, and three ruinous traits. As for the expiations, they are performing minor ablution thoroughly in severe cold, waiting for one prayer after another, and walking to the Friday congregational prayers.”