It was narrated by al-Tirmidhī (2873), al-Ṭayālisī (2/197), Aḥmad (3/130 and 143), Ibn ʿAdī (74/1), Ibn al-Ḍurays in Aḥādīth Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Farāhīdī (6/1), al-Rāmahurmuzī in al-Muḥaddith al-Fāṣil (p. 83, Ẓāhiriyyah edition), and al-Bayhaqī in al-Zuhd al-Kabīr (fol. 46/1), through several chains from him. Al-Tirmidhī said: “It is a good, singular hadith by this route.”

I say: Ḥammād ibn Yaḥyā was truthful but made mistakes, as stated in al-Taqrīb; thus, the hadith is at least good on account of corroborating evidence. He was corroborated by Hudbah ibn Khālid, who said: “ʿUbayd ibn Muslim al-Sābirī narrated to us, from Thābit.” It was also narrated by Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥamzah ibn Anas, who said: “Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Thābit,” with the same wording. Al-Rāmahurmuzī narrated both reports in al-Amthāl (82/2).

This al-Sābirī was declared trustworthy by Ibn Ḥibbān, and three reliable narrators transmitted from him, as was explained previously under Hadith 2284. Thus, the chain is good. As for Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥamzah ibn Anas, I have not identified him. Therefore, through these routes from Thābit, the hadith is authentic.

The second route is from Muḥammad ibn al-Mughīrah—known as Ḥamdān al-Sukkarī—who said: Hishām ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Rāzī narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Anas, from al-Zuhrī, from him. It was narrated by al-Silafī in Muʿjam al-Safar (212/1), Ibn ʿAsākir in al-Tārīkh (12/221/1), and al-Ḍiyāʾ in al-Muntaqā min Masmūʿātihi bi-Marw (91/1). Concerning this al-Rāzī, Abū Ḥātim said: “Truthful.” Ibn Ḥibbān said: