Ahmad (1/412 and 463), Muhammad ibn Makhlad al-‘Attar in al-Muntaqā min Ḥadīthih (Selections from His Hadith) (2/4/2), and al-Harith in his Musnad (fol. 105/1, in its supplementary material) also transmitted it through other routes from Shu‘bah, with the same chain. I say: All the narrators in this chain are trustworthy and are narrators of the two Sahihs, but it is flawed by a hidden defect, as will follow.

Asad ibn Musa contradicted them, saying: “Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, from Khaythamah,” with the same chain. Ibn al-Muzaffar transmitted it in Gharā’ib Shu‘bah (Shu‘bah’s Singular Reports) (135/2). Asad ibn Musa is truthful, but he sometimes narrates singular reports; thus, his wording, “from Sulayman”—that is, al-A‘mash—is singular.

‘Amr ibn Abi Qays also corroborated Shu‘bah, narrating from Mansur with the same chain. Al-Khatib transmitted it in al-Tārīkh (History) (14/286). This ‘Amr is truthful, but prone to errors. Jarir contradicted them, saying: “From Mansur, from Khaythamah, from a man of his people, from ‘Abd Allah,” with the same chain. Ahmad transmitted it (1/379). This is more correct, for Abu ‘Awanah also corroborated him, narrating from Mansur with the same chain. Ibn Nasr transmitted it in Qiyām al-Layl (Night Prayer) (p. 45). Sufyan also corroborated him, reporting: “Mansur narrated to me,” with the same chain. Ahmad (1/444) and al-Bayhaqi (1/452) transmitted it. Al-Bayhaqi said: “Hammad narrated it from Shu‘ayb, from Mansur, from Khaythamah, from al-Aswad, from ‘Abd Allah, but he erred in it. It was also said: ‘From ‘Alqamah, from ‘Abd Allah,’ but this is an error.”

‘Ata’ ibn al-Sa’ib narrated it from Shaqiq, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited us from conversing at night after the ‘Isha prayer”—that is, he rebuked us.