and I have traced it in al-Sahihah (3138). There I explained that the name Mahaṣir has been corrupted to Muhajir in several sources; let this be known.

2736 — “If a man gives his wife water to drink, he is rewarded.”

Al-Bukhari recorded it in al-Tarikh al-Kabir (2/1/163), and al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (18/358) and al-Awsat (1/49/842), with a connected chain: from Sa'id ibn Sulayman, from 'Abbad ibn al-'Awwam, from Sufyan ibn Husayn, from Khalid ibn Yazid, from al-Irbad ibn Sariyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said this. I then went to her, gave her water to drink, and told her what I had heard.

Ahmad also recorded it (4/128): Abu Ja'far—namely Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Mada'ini—narrated to us: 'Abbad ibn al-'Awwam informed me, from Sufyan ibn Husayn, from Khalid ibn Sa'd, from al-Irbad ibn Sariyah, with the same wording.

Al-'Uqayli likewise recorded it in al-Du'afa' (p. 115), through Sa'id ibn Sulayman, who said: 'Abbad narrated to us, from Sufyan ibn Husayn, from Khalid ibn Sharik, from al-Irbad ibn Sariyah, with the same wording. Indicating both the break in its chain and the fact that this Khalid alone narrated it, he said: “His hearing from him is not established; no one corroborates him in it, and no other report from him has been preserved.”

I say: This is a grave inconsistency regarding this man’s name. Al-Hafiz, following his source, included his biography in al-Tahdhib under the name Khalid ibn Zayd. He said: “It has also been said that he was Ibn Yazid—but this is an error. He was Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shami. He narrated mursal reports from al-Irbad ibn Sariyah and Shurahbil ibn al-Simt...”