The reason for this has already been explained under hadith 2843.

Accordingly, the chain is authentic. It was also authenticated by Shaykh Ahmad Shakir—may Allah have mercy on him—in his notes on al-Musnad (8/169). However, this reflects his approach of declaring Ibn Lahi'ah trustworthy and authenticating his hadiths, which, in my view, is an uncommendable degree of leniency.

Moreover, Qutaybah was corroborated by Abu al-Aswad al-Nadr ibn Abd al-Jabbar, who said: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, from Uqayl, through the same chain.

Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in al-Sunan (9/280), through Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from him. Al-Nadr is trustworthy; therefore, al-Bayhaqi said after it:

“This is how Ibn Lahi'ah narrated it, with a sound connected chain.”

Muhammad ibn Ishaq is al-Saghani, a trustworthy and highly precise narrator, and one of Muslim’s teachers.

Ja'far ibn Musafir differed from him, saying: Abu al-Aswad narrated to us: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Salim, from his father, through the same chain.

Ibn Majah transmitted it (3172).

I say: There is criticism concerning Ja'far ibn Musafir. Al-Taqrib states:

“Truthful; he may at times err.”

Thus, his disagreement with al-Saghani has no effect, particularly since he also differs from Qutaybah.

They were both corroborated by Muhammad ibn Mu'awiyah al-Naysaburi, who said: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us through the same chain.

Al-Tabarani transmitted it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (12/289/13144).