a disqualifying hidden defect, such as concealment in transmission, a break in the chain, or something similar—unlike the other statement. Take note. Moreover, ʿAmr is not among the narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ. It is possible that al-Ṭabarānī’s route does not include ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān al-Kilābī, for I found a corroborating route for it. Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim transmitted it in al-Sunnah (no. 621, edited by me): Ayyūb al-Wazzān narrated to us; ʿUrwah ibn Marwān narrated to us; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAmr and Mūsā ibn Aʿyan narrated to us from ʿAbd al-Karīm, through the same chain.

I say: This is a chain whose narrators are trustworthy and listed in al-Tahdhīb, apart from ʿUrwah ibn Marwān—al-Raqqī. Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him (3/1/398), noting his narration from a further group of trustworthy narrators, while only this Ayyūb narrated from him; yet he did not offer either criticism or accreditation concerning him. However, al-Mīzān and al-Lisān include a biographical notice on him, citing a further group who narrated from him, among them Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā. Al-Dāraquṭnī said of him: “He is not strong in hadith transmission.” Thus, he is among those whose reports may serve as corroboration. And Allah knows best.

Then I came across the chain of transmission in al-Awsaṭ, and found that it was through ʿAmr. He said (1/287/2/4817): Abū Zurʿah narrated to us; ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān informed us, through the same chain. This provides strong corroboration for al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Faḍl through Abū Zurʿah, who was ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAmr al-Dimashqī, the trustworthy ḥāfiẓ. Ayyūb was Ibn Muḥammad ibn Ziyād al-Wazzān al-Raqqī, and he was trustworthy. In sum, the hadith is good or authentic when its two routes are considered together. And Allah knows best.

2290 — “Accursed is whoever asks by the Face of Allah, and accursed is whoever is asked by the Face of Allah and then withholds from the one asking him what he requests, unless he asks him for something improper.”

Ibn ʿAsākir transmitted it (8/397/2) through Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rūyānī: Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān informed us; my uncle—meaning Ibn Wahb—informed us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to me from his father that Yazīd ibn