Abu Nuʿaym recorded it in al-Hilyah (10/218): “Sulayman ibn Ahmad narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Zuhayr narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Tusi narrated to us: Hashim ibn al-Qasim narrated to us,” through the same chain.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy.

Ahmad ibn Zuhayr was Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zuhayr al-Tustari, the hadith master and teacher of Sulayman ibn Ahmad—that is, al-Tabarani, the hadith master. He was one of al-Tabarani’s well-known teachers, for in al-Muʿjam al-Awsat he transmitted from him more than 150 hadiths (2229–2384, according to my numbering), as stated in al-Siyar (14/362).

He and those above him in the chain are among the narrators of the two Sahihs, apart from al-Tusi, who is trustworthy. His teacher, Hashim ibn al-Qasim, was known as Abu al-Nadr.

Al-Tabarani also recorded it from him in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (23/377/891), through another chain, saying: “Abu Yahya al-Razi narrated to us: Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu al-Nadr narrated to us: Salim ibn Talhah narrated to us: Jamiʿ ibn Abi Rashid—with tears streaming down his face—from Umm Mubashshir, from Umm Salamah,” relating the same report.

I say: This is how the name “Salim ibn Talhah” appears in it, but I have found no biographical notice for him. I therefore fear that “Salim” is an error by either the copyist or the typesetter; the correct reading is “Muhammad,” as in the preceding chain in al-Hilyah. I also fear that “Zubayd” has been omitted from it, for he is mentioned among the teachers of Muhammad ibn Talhah—Zubayd al-Yami of Kufa—and among the transmitters from Jamiʿ ibn Abi Rashid.

The hadith of Aisha has another chain, with a different and abbreviated wording similar to this; both were documented earlier under nos. 1622 and 2693. Al-Hafiz cited both in al-Fath (13/60) without comment, thereby indicating that the hadith is strengthened. *