and al-‘Asqalani. Therefore, when he attributed it in Fath al-Bari (11/169) to Isma‘il al-Qadi, he stated categorically that its chain was weak.

Al-Hafiz also included the hadith in al-Matalib al-‘Aliyah (3/225), through the narration of Ibn Abi Umar, without commenting on it. Al-Busiri, however, deemed it defective because of the weakness of Musa ibn Ubaydah.

It also has a very weak supporting report, narrated through al-Hasan ibn Ali, known as al-Tawabīqi: Ali ibn Ahmad al-Basri—a neighbor of Humayd al-Tawil—told us: Humayd al-Tawil told us, from Anas ibn Malik, in a report attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Khatib recorded it in al-Tarikh (7/380–381), in the biographical notice of this al-Tawabīqi, and said: “He narrated from Ali ibn Ahmad al-Basri, an unknown shaykh of his. Yusuf al-Qawwas narrated from him.” He then cited this hadith for him and added nothing further. This indicates that he too is unknown. He is thus one of those who should have been included in al-Mizan and al-Lisan, as should his shaykh.

It has another supporting report with the same meaning, within a story, narrated by Muhammad ibn Hujr ibn Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wa’il ibn Hujr, who said: Sa‘id ibn Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wa’il ibn Hujr related to me from his mother, from Wa’il ibn Hujr, who said: “News reached us of the advent of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while I possessed great dominion and a company of followers. So I set out, yearning for Allah, the Exalted, and His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and relinquished what I had been in until I arrived in Medina…” The hadith then mentions the story. Al-‘Uqayli recorded it in al-Du‘afa’ (4/59/1610), in the biographical notice of this Muhammad ibn Hujr; and it is related from al-Bukhari that he said: