410), al-Tayalisi (p. 76, no. 556), and Ahmad (3/456 and 5/125), from Abdullah ibn al-Aswad ibn Abd Yaghuth, from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b, attributed to the Prophet. It has another route in al-Tayalisi, no. 557: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from al-Hakam, from Mujahid, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from Ubayy, attributed to the Prophet. This is an authentic chain of transmission meeting the criteria of the six canonical collections.

It also has a supporting report from Ibn Mas‘ud with this wording. Al-Tirmidhi narrated it (2/138) and said: “Singular.” I say: Its chain is good. He then said: “It has also been narrated from Ibn Mas‘ud, attributed to the Prophet, through another route.”

It has a second supporting report, stronger than the former. Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated it from al-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aishah, attributed to the Prophet, with the same wording. Al-Bazzar narrated it (3/3/2301—Kashf al-Astar): Nahshal ibn Kathir al-Bahili narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us with it.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are narrators of the two Sahihs, apart from this Nahshal; Ibn Hibban declared him trustworthy, as will follow. He also included it in al-Thiqat and said: Muhammad ibn al-Musayyab narrated to us: Nahshal ibn Kathir narrated to us with it. He mentioned it in this Nahshal’s biographical entry and said (9/221): “A shaykh. Ibn Khuzaymah narrated from him. I have not seen anything objectionable in his hadith except for a single hadith ...” He then cited this hadith and followed it with the words: