“Poor retention, and inclined toward Shi‘ism.” I say: His hadith may be graded good, while the hadith itself is authentic on account of its supporting reports, as will follow. Al-Haythami said in Majma‘ al-Zawa’id (8/179): “Al-Tabarani narrated it, and its narrators are those of the Sahih, apart from Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Tusi, who is trustworthy.” I say: It appears that al-Tabarani narrated it through this route of Ibn Qarm. This inference of mine was then confirmed after al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir was published, for it appears there (6/288/6084 and 6085).

Ibn al-Mubarak also narrated it in al-Zuhd (1404): Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ informed us: ‘Uthman ibn Shabur related to us, from a man, from Salman, with similar wording. I say: Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ had poor retention and was inconsistent in its chain of transmission. At one time he narrated it in this manner, from an unnamed man; at another, he named him and said: from Abu Wa’il; and at another, he said: from Shaqiq or someone else. Abu ‘Amr ibn Huyawayh transmitted these versions in his additions to Zuhd Ibn al-Mubarak (1404–1406). Ahmad (4/441) also narrated the last of them, saying: “Qays was uncertain.” Al-Tabarani likewise narrated it in al-Kabir and al-Awsat.

Al-Hakim then narrated, through al-Husayn ibn Muhammad: al-Husayn ibn al-Rammas related to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mas‘ud al-‘Abdi related to us; he said: I heard Salman al-Farisi say: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade us from going to unnecessary trouble for a guest.” Al-Hakim cited it as corroboration for the first chain of transmission and indicated that he regarded it as authentic. Al-Dhahabi said in his Abridgment: “I say: Its chain is weak.” I say: According to al-Hafiz, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mas‘ud is acceptable, and no one besides Ibn Hibban declared him trustworthy. As for al-Hasan ibn al-Rammas, I have not identified him.