The first is through Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, from him, in an abridged form similar to it. It was recorded by al-Bukhari (829, 830, 1224, 1225, 1230, and 6670), Muslim (2/83–84), Ibn Hibban (2666–2668), and others through various routes from him. It has been documented in Irwa al-Ghalil (2/45/338) and Sahih Abi Dawud (946), so we shall not elaborate on its sourcing beyond what is necessary. The additional wordings are from the two Shaykhs, al-Bukhari and Muslim, or from one of them, except for the third, which is from others, as will follow.

The second is through al-Dahhak ibn Uthman, from him. Ibn Khuzaymah recorded it in his Sahih (2/115/1030), as did al-Hakim (1/322), whose wording it is. He said: “This is an explanatory hadith, authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs!” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him. I say: al-Dahhak ibn Uthman was not narrated from by al-Bukhari; thus, it meets Muslim’s criteria alone. There is slight weakness in him, which is strengthened by what follows.

The third is through Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from him. Ibn Khuzaymah recorded it (1031)—and it contains the second additional wording—as did Ibn al-Jarud in al-Muntaqa (2/93/242) and Ibn Hibban (2669–2670), with the addition: “So we glorified Allah to alert him.” I say: its chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs. Therefore, al-Hakim ought more properly to have recorded it than the preceding one.

Know that among the reasons that prompted me to include this hadith here are certain matters I came across, which I did not wish to leave without drawing attention to. The first is that I saw the commentator on Ibn al-Jarud’s al-Muntaqa attribute the hadith, through this narration of Yahya ibn Sa‘id, to the six canonical collections and others, though the addition concerning glorifying Allah is not found in them. This was noted by our friend,