“Authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs!” Al-Dhahabi concurred with him.

Sanan ibn Saʿd also narrated it from Anas, adding: “He enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong.”

Al-Hakim also recorded it, as did al-Khatib in al-Tārīkh (3/82), through Ibn Lahiʿah—from Yazid ibn Abi Habib—from him. In the former’s version, ʿAmr ibn al-Harith was added. He said: “Authentic according to Muslim’s criteria.”

Al-Dhahabi criticized this, saying: “I say: Muslim did not narrate from Sinan.”

I say: This is an inadequate criticism, for there is disagreement concerning the man. In al-Kāshif, he said: “He is not authoritative; yet Ibn Maʿin deemed him trustworthy.” In al-Mughnī, he said: “They declared him weak, but he was not abandoned.” Al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, with singular narrations.”

I have found corroborating reports for the hadith:

The first is from ʿAbdullah ibn Masʿud, attributed to the Prophet, with the same wording. Al-Hakim recorded it through Muhammad ibn Abi Safwan al-Thaqafi, who said: Bahz ibn Asad narrated to us; Shuʿbah narrated to us; ʿAli ibn al-Aqmar informed us that he heard Abu al-Ahwas narrating it from ʿAbdullah. And he said: