However, the hadith has been transmitted through several routes that mutually strengthen one another, from a number of Companions and others.

The first is from Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī, attributed to the Prophet with this wording. It is narrated by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, from Abū Ḥāzim, from him. Ibn Abī al-Dunyā recorded it (152/2).

The second is from ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn, attributed to the Prophet with this wording. It is narrated by ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Quddūs, who said: Al-Aʿmash related to me from Hilāl ibn Yasāf, from him. Ibn Abī al-Dunyā also recorded it, as did al-Tirmidhī (2213), who said: “Singular.” I say: That is, weak. Its narrators are truthful, except that this ʿAbd Allāh used to make mistakes, as stated in al-Taqrīb; thus, someone like him may be used as corroboration.

The third is from Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. It is narrated by Farqad al-Sabakhī, who said: ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī related to me from him. Ibn Abī al-Dunyā also recorded it. He then recorded it (154/1) through ʿAlī ibn Thābit, from Farqad al-Sabakhī, from Abū Umāmah, with this wording. Aḥmad (5/259) recorded it through the first route. Farqad is weak in hadith and makes many mistakes.

The fourth is from ʿĀʾishah, attributed to the Prophet with this wording. It is narrated by Abū Maʿshar, from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir, from her. Ibn Abī al-Dunyā recorded it (152–153).