take him, kiss him, and then return. (ʿAmr said:) When Ibrahim died, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said—then he mentioned it.

Ibn Saʿd also recorded it through this chain in al-Ṭabaqāt (1/136 and 139), separating it into two passages and explicitly stating that the hadith was from ʿAmr, attributed to the Prophet, without tracing it back to Anas.

Likewise, Imam Muslim recorded it in his Sahih (7/76–77), through Zuhayr and Ibn Numayr, from Ismaʿil—namely, Ibn ʿUlayyah—through the same chain, in a single account like that of Ahmad. Abu Yaʿla also narrated it (4195 and 4196). Ibn Hibban recorded it in his Sahih (9/51/6911) through two other routes with the same chain, but did not mention, “ʿAmr said,” thereby attributing the entire hadith to Anas. This is an anomalous version that contradicts the narration of the other transmitters. ʿAmr ibn Saʿid was Abu Saʿid al-Basri.

Wuhayb likewise narrated it from Ayyub, but without ʿAmr’s words, “When Ibrahim died …,” and so forth. Abu Yaʿla recorded this version (4197). I say: This confirms that the hadith under discussion is a mursal report, not one narrated by Anas. It is further confirmed by the fact that Thabit likewise did not mention it in his narration from Anas, as Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah narrated from him, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “A son was born to me tonight, and I named him after my father, Ibrahim.” He then handed him over to Umm Sayf, the wife of a blacksmith named Abu Sayf. He set out to visit him, and I followed him. We came to Abu Sayf as he was blowing his bellows, and the house was filled with smoke. I hastened ahead of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, “O Abu Sayf, stop! The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, has come.” So he stopped. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, called for the infant, held him close, and said whatever Allah willed him to say … the hadith.