I say: He was a trustworthy hadith master and one of Muslim’s shaykhs. However, his shaykh, ʿAttab ibn Harb Abu Bishr, was declared weak, and Ibn Hibban was inconsistent in his assessment of him; see al-Lisan. Those above him in the chain were among Muslim’s narrators, although Abu ʿAmir al-Khazzaz—whose name was Salih ibn Rustam—was weak.

Al-Haythami attributed the hadith in al-Majmaʿ (10/137) to al-Tabarani’s al-Awsat, but made no comment on it. Perhaps something was omitted by the copyist or printer. Al-Shawkani followed him in this in Tuhfat al-Dhakirin (p. 195). The hadith has two supporting narrations, from Ibn ʿAbbas and Asmaʾ bint ʿUmays.

1. As for the hadith of Ibn ʿAbbas, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Taymi narrated it: Salih ibn ʿAbd Allah Abu Yahya narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Malik al-Nakari, from Abi al-Jawzaʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbas, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of the two sides of the doorway while we were in the house and said: “O Banu ʿAbd al-Muttalib, is there among you anyone who is not one of you?” They replied, “A sister’s son of ours.” He said: “A people’s sister’s son is one of them.” Then he said: “O Banu ʿAbd al-Muttalib, if distress, hardship, or severe adversity befalls you, say: ‘Allah, Allah is our Lord; He has no partner.’”

Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Kabir (12/170/12788), al-Awsat (2/235/1/8639), and al-Duʿaʾ (117/2), and said: “No one narrated it from Abi al-Jawzaʾ except ʿAmr ibn Malik, and no one narrated it from ʿAmr except Salih ibn ʿAbd Allah; Ibn Abi ʿAʾishah alone transmitted it.”

I say: He is trustworthy, as are those above him, apart from Salih ibn ʿAbd Allah. This is how it appears in the two sources cited above and in al-Mizan: