As for Ibn Hibban, he listed him among the reliable narrators in al-Thiqat (8/97)!
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As for the hadith of ‘A’ishah, ‘Abd al-Razzaq likewise narrated it: Ma‘mar informed us from al-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from ‘A’ishah, who said: “Tubba‘ was a righteous man. Do you not see that Allah condemned his people but did not condemn him?” Al-Hakim transmitted it (2/450) and said: “Authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs.” Al-Dhahabi concurred with him, and it is as they said.
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As for the hadith of Wahb ibn Munabbih, ‘Abd al-Razzaq narrated it: Bakkar ibn ‘Abdullah informed us, saying: I heard Wahb ibn Munabbih say: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade the people to revile As‘ad, who was Tubba‘.” We said: “O Abu ‘Abdullah, who was As‘ad?” He said: “He followed the religion of Abraham, peace be upon him.” Ibn ‘Asakir transmitted it. As for Bakkar ibn ‘Abdullah—the Yamami—al-Dhahabi said: “I know of no fault in him.” I say: It is therefore a good mursal corroborating report.
2424 — “Do not drink any intoxicant, for I have forbidden every intoxicant.”
Al-Nasa’i (2/326) and Ahmad (4/402) transmitted it through al-Ajlah, who said: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Musa narrated to me from his father, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent me to Yemen, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, there are beverages there; what should I…’”