The second is that, in such a case, the text transmitted through an authentic chain must be retained, while that transmitted through a weak chain must be omitted—not the reverse, as occurred with this hadith. And Allah knows best.

2266 — “No one sends greetings of peace upon me except that Allah restores my soul to me, so that I may return his greeting.”

It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd (1/319), al-Bayhaqī in his Sunan (5/245), Aḥmad (2/227), and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Awsaṭ (449), through ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd al-Iskandarānī, from Ḥaywah ibn Shurayḥ, from Abū Ṣakhr, from Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qusayṭ, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Al-Ṭabarānī said: “No one narrated it from Yazīd except Abū Ṣakhr, and no one narrated it from him except Ḥaywah; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd alone narrated it.”

I say: He is al-Muqriʾ, a trustworthy narrator among those transmitted by the two Shaykhs. The narrators above him are likewise trustworthy, except for Abū Ṣakhr—who is Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād—regarding whom there is disagreement. In my view, the stronger position is that his hadith is good. Al-Taqrīb states: “Truthful, but makes mistakes.” This is closer to what is correct than his statement in al-Fatḥ (6/279): “Its narrators are trustworthy!”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī said in Takhrīj al-Iḥyāʾ (1/279): “Its chain is good.” As for al-Nawawī, he said in al-Riyāḍ (1409): “Its chain is authentic!” Al-Manāwī concurred with him in al-Taysīr!