Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar. In his biographical notice, al-Bukhārī cited this hadith but did not mention any criticism or accreditation of him. Ibn Abī Ḥātim did likewise (4/2/134), though he did not cite the hadith; he stated that Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar narrated from him, though this may be an error. Ibn Ḥibbān listed him among the trustworthy narrators (7/596).

Al-Bukhārī then mentioned that Ḥātim ibn Ismāʿīl narrated from Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Labībah, from his grandfather, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, something similar. As for Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān …, I have not been able to identify him. It is possible that this is a typographical error, and that the correct wording is: from Yaḥyā, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān … Yaḥyā is in fact Yaḥyā ibn Jaʿfar ibn Abī Kathīr himself, mentioned in the first route.

Al-Bukhārī’s purpose was to show that Ḥātim ibn Ismāʿīl differed from Sharīk ibn Abī Namir in its chain of transmission. He said: from Yaḥyā, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Labībah, from his grandfather. Sharīk, however, said: from Yaḥyā, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Labībah, from al-Qāsim, from ʿĀʾishah. And Allah knows best.

The hadith also has a supporting report narrated by Muḥammad ibn Zayd ibn al-Muhājir ibn Qunfudh, from his father, from Umm Salamah, attributing it to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ (1/24/1) and said: “It is not narrated from Umm Salamah except through this chain of transmission.”

I say: Al-Mundhirī said in al-Targhīb (1/135): “Its chain of transmission is good.” This is what he said, but it is countered by al-Haythamī’s statement (2/34): “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ, and its narrators are those of the Ṣaḥīḥ, except for Zayd ibn al-Muhājir; Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned no one as having narrated from him other than his son, Muḥammad ibn Zayd.”

I say: Nevertheless, it is an unobjectionable supporting report for the hadith of ʿĀʾishah; thus, the hadith is good when the two are considered together.