The other route is narrated by Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd: Ibrāhīm ibn Adham informed us; my father, Adham ibn Manṣūr, narrated to me from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from him, with a shortened wording similar to it, except for the statement, “he names her . . .,” and so on. Ibn ʿAsākir transmitted it in Tārīkh Dimashq (4/574). I have not found a biographical notice for Adham ibn Manṣūr, while all the other narrators have been declared trustworthy.
- As for the hadith of Anas, it is narrated by ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṭarāʾifī, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥuṣayn, from Thābit al-Bunānī, from him, with similar wording. Al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it in al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ (2/146/1/7255) and said: “No one narrated it from Thābit except ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥuṣayn, and ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān alone narrated it from him.”
I say: Al-Ḥāfiẓ said: “He was truthful, but narrated extensively from weak and unknown narrators, and was consequently deemed weak; Ibn Numayr even accused him of lying, although Ibn Maʿīn declared him trustworthy.” ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥuṣayn was among those weak narrators referred to, and the scholars unanimously declared him weak. Al-Ḥākim differed, however, and included him in al-Mustadrak, declaring him trustworthy. Al-Ḥāfiẓ likewise expressed surprise at this in al-Lisān. Al-Haythamī said: “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ, and it contains ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥuṣayn, who is weak.”
In conclusion, the hadith is authentic when all its routes are considered together, especially since the second route of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah is intrinsically good, as mentioned above; thus, the hadith is authentic on account of it. And Allah knows best.