Hammād ibn Salamah likewise corroborated it, transmitting the same report from al-Tufayl ibn Sakhbara, ʿĀʾishah’s half-brother through her mother:

Al-Tufayl related that, while asleep, he dreamed that he passed by a group of Jews and asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are the Jews.” He said, “You are indeed a fine people were it not that you claim that ʿUzayr is the son of Allah.” The Jews answered, “And you too would be a fine people were it not that you say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and whatever Muḥammad wills.’”

He then passed by a group of Christians and asked, “Who are you?” They said, “We are the Christians.” He said, “You are indeed a fine people were it not that you say that the Messiah is the son of Allah.” They replied, “And you yourselves would be a fine people were it not that you say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and whatever Muḥammad wills.’”

When morning came, he told whoever he met about the dream, and then went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. The Prophet asked, “Have you told it to anyone else?” He answered, “Yes.” After they had prayed, the Prophet delivered a sermon, praised and extolled Allah, and then said, recounting the incident with these words:

“Indeed al-Tufayl saw a dream which he has related to some of you. You have been uttering a phrase that modesty had prevented me from forbidding you. Do not say, ‘Whatever Allah wills and whatever Muḥammad wills.’”

138 – “Indeed al-Tufayl saw a dream which he has related to some of you. You have been uttering a phrase that modesty had prevented me from forbidding you. Do not say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and whatever Muḥammad wills.’”

Aḥmad recorded it (5/72). This is the correct chain: Rabīʿī from al-Tufayl, not from Ḥudhayfa, as the three—Hammād ibn Salamah, Abū ʿAwānah, and Shuʿbah—are unanimous on that. Thus it constitutes a sound corroborating narration for Ḥudhayfa’s ḥadīth.

Al-Bukhārī also narrated in al-Adab al-Mufrad (782) that Ibn ʿUmar heard one of his retainers say, “Allah and so-and-so.” Ibn ʿUmar said, “Do not say that. Do not place anyone alongside Allah. Rather say: so-and-so after Allah.”

All of its transmitters are trustworthy except for Mughīth, the retainer of Ibn ʿUmar, who is unknown. Al-Ḥāfiẓ said, “I would not rule out that he might be Ibn Sumay.”