Ibn ʿUyaynah, from Jāmiʿ [ibn Abī Rāshid], from Mundhir, from al-Hasan ibn Muhammad, from a woman, from Aisha, who traced it back to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him ...

Al-Bayhaqi also recorded it in al-Shuʿab (6/98/7599 M) through Mahmūd ibn Ādam: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us through this chain, except that he did not say, “from a woman.” I do not know whether this is how the report was transmitted to him, or whether the copyist omitted it.

What is preserved is its affirmation, for Ahmad and Ibn Abī Shaybah were corroborated by ʿAbd Allāh—namely, Ibn al-Mubārak—in affirming this intermediary, with a slight variation. He said: Sufyān informed us—through his chain—from al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAlī, from a freedwoman of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who said:

“The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon Aisha—or upon one of the Prophet’s wives—while I was with him, and he said: ...” Then he mentioned the hadith.

Al-Hakim recorded it (4/523): al-Hasan ibn Hakīm al-Marwazī informed me; Abū al-Muwajjih narrated to us; ʿAbdān informed us; ʿAbd Allāh informed us ... Al-Hakim and al-Dhahabī made no comment on it.

I say: Its narrators are known to be trustworthy, apart from this al-Marwazī. Al-Dhahabī named him “al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Halīm.” He mentioned him among those who narrated from Abū al-Muwajjih, whose name was Muhammad ibn ʿAmr al-Fazārī, and described him in al-Siyar (13/347) as “the shaykh, the imam, the hadith scholar of Marw, the hadith master.”

As for Ibn Halīm, I have not presently found a biographical entry for him.

Shurayk ibn ʿAbd Allāh differed from them in its chain of transmission, saying: from Jāmiʿ ibn Abī Rāshid, from Mundhir al-Thawrī, from al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAlī, who said: “An Ansari woman narrated to me—she is still alive today; if you wish, I can take you to her.” I said, “No; tell me.” She said: “I entered upon Umm Salamah, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon her as though he were angry, so I concealed myself behind the sleeve of my gown,”