following his citation of ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr’s chain: “Similar to what we have mentioned.” This is further confirmed by al-Tirmidhī’s narration through ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr, for its wording—as you have seen—includes the hadith under discussion. It is therefore most likely found in Muslim’s version as well, since they shared the same teacher and the wording should thus be the same. Muslim did not narrate it in full, contenting himself with the wording of Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb; and, for the sake of brevity, he did not draw attention to this addition in Ibn Ḥujr’s narration. There are many such instances in his book, as is well known to one deeply versed in studying it. And Allah knows best.

Al-Tirmidhī then said: “This is a good, authentic, singular hadith. We know it only through the hadith of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir.”

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Al-Haytham ibn Kulayb recorded it in his Musnad (137/1), as did al-Ḥākim (2/74–75) and al-Ḍiyāʾ in al-Mukhtārah (69/1), through the route of Aḥmad ibn Abī Isḥāq al-Fazārī, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAyyāsh, from Sulaymān ibn Mūsā, from Makḥūl, from Abū Umāmah, from ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

The first two then also narrated it by this route, except that they inserted Sufyān between al-Fazārī and Ibn ʿAyyāsh. Al-Ḍiyāʾ then said: “Perhaps Abū Isḥāq heard it from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and from Sufyān, from him; so he would narrate it at times from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and at other times from Sufyān. And Allah knows best.” Al-Ḥākim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabī agreed with him.