Al-Dhahabi refuted him, saying: “I say: Zakariyya was declared weak.” He likewise cited this as its defect in al-ʿIlal (2/109). There are also reports on this subject from a number of other Companions; consult them, if you wish, in al-Targhib and al-Majmaʿ.

2483 — “Put it back into it, then knead it.”

Ibn Majah (3336) narrated it: Yaʿqub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us; Ibn Wahb narrated to us; ʿAmr ibn al-Harith informed me; Bakr ibn Sawadah informed me that Hanish ibn ʿAbdullah related to him from Umm Ayman that she sifted some flour and made a loaf from it for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said: “What is this?” She replied: “It is food that we make in our land, and I wished to make a loaf of it for you.” He said: and then mentioned the above.

Ibn Abi al-Dunya also narrated it in the Book of Hunger (fol. 9/1): Khalid ibn Khidash narrated to us; he said: ʿAbdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us with it. I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy and are narrators of Muslim, apart from Ibn Kasib, concerning whom al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, though he may sometimes err.” Ibn Khidash corroborated him, as you have seen. Al-Hafiz said of him: “Truthful, but makes mistakes.” He was one of Muslim’s shaykhs.

I say: Thus, by virtue of both their narrations from Ibn Wahb, the hadith is authentic. On Ibn Abi al-Dunya’s chain of transmission, it meets Muslim’s conditions. Therefore, after this clarification, do not be misled by al-Mundhiri’s introducing the hadith with the words: