And Yahya ibn Abd al-Rahman was Yahya ibn Hatib al-Madani. He narrated from a number of the Companions, including Aishah—may Allah be pleased with her.

I then found the hadith in Musnad Abi Ya'la (7/449/4476): Ibrahim narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us, with this chain of transmission. It contains the wording, “He put his hand into it for her,” in place of, “...his thigh...,” thus making the intended meaning clear. Praise be to Allah.

This Ibrahim was Ibn al-Hajjaj al-Sami. Al-Hafiz said:

“Trustworthy, though he makes occasional errors.”

Al-Haythami said in al-Majma' (4/316):

“Abu Ya'la narrated it, and its narrators are those of the Sahih collections, apart from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Alqamah; his hadith is good.” *

3132—“Indeed, the believer was created prone to temptation, oft-repentant, and very forgetful; when reminded, he remembers.”

Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (10/342/10666), Ibn Adi in al-Kamil (3/91), and Abu Nu'aym in al-Hilyah (3/211), through the route of Utbah ibn Yaqzan, from Dawud ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas, from his father, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. He then cited the hadith.

I say: This chain of transmission is weak, though not severely so. Dawud ibn Ali was described by al-Dhahabi in al-Kashif as:

“Declared trustworthy; eloquent, articulate, and expressive.” Al-Hafiz said: