doubted whether the final clause was attributed to the Prophet, saying:

“I do not know whether it is part of the hadith or whether Ibn Sirin said it.”

Muslim recorded it (7/52).

Maʿmar also followed Ayyub in narrating it, with the aforementioned doubt, except that he changed the order, placing the third clause in the position of the sixth. ʿAbd al-Razzaq recorded it in al-Musannaf (11/211–212), and through his route it was also recorded by Muslim, al-Hakim (4/390), and Ahmad (2/369). Al-Hakim said:

“Its chain of transmission is authentic, though neither of them recorded it!”

That is what he said. He erred in claiming to supplement the two Shaykhs’ collections: with regard to Muslim, this is evident; and with regard to al-Bukhari, it will become clear below. Perhaps for this reason al-Dhahabi attributed it in al-Talkhis to both Shaykhs, and he was correct.

Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah also followed Ayyub in part of it. Ibrahim ibn Bashar al-Ramadi narrated from him the first three clauses and the sixth as a report attributed only to the Companion. Ibn Hibban recorded it in his Sahih (7/614/6008—al-Ihsan).

Al-Humaydi said in his Musnad (484/1145): “Sufyan narrated to us only the fifth clause,” stating: “Let him pray two units of prayer.”

Thus, he added, “two units of prayer,” and this addition is anomalous—unless it was inserted by one of the copyists—for it does not occur in any of the routes of transmission of the hadith known to me, including the route that follows.