“Al-Bazzār narrated it, and its narrators are trustworthy.” Yes, the hadith has a corroborating report from Ibn ʿUmar, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the addition at its beginning: “The fighter in Allah’s cause and the Hajj pilgrim...” Ibn Mājah (2893), Ibn Ḥibbān (964), and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (13556) narrated it through ʿImrān ibn ʿUyaynah, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, from Mujāhid, from him.

I say: This is a weak chain, as I explained in my commentary on al-Targhīb (2/165). However, the hadith is good when its two routes are considered together. Ibn ʿUmar’s hadith has another route, but it is interrupted. Ibn Abī Ḥātim cited it in al-ʿIlal (1/296), through Ibrāhīm ibn Muhājir, from Abū Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ, from Ibn ʿUmar, attributed to the Prophet. He related from his father: “This is an error. Rather, it is Abū Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ from ʿUmar, with a break in the chain. Abū Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ met Ibn ʿUmar, but he did not meet ʿUmar. I travelled to Qazvīn and recorded the hadith of Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Sābiq, from ʿAmr ibn Abī Qays, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muhājir, from Abū Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ, from ʿUmar, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.”

I say: Despite its break, it is a good corroborating report for the first route from Ibn ʿUmar; thus, it too is good through its two routes. The hadith has another corroborating report, but it is very weak; I mention it to clarify its condition. Its wording is: “The pilgrims performing Hajj and those performing ʿumrah are Allah’s delegation: if they call upon Him, He answers them, and if they seek His forgiveness, He forgives them.” Ibn Mājah (2892) and Ibn Bishrān in al-Amālī (34/2) narrated it from Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh, the client of Ibn ʿĀmir ibn Luʾayy, who said: Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet.