- Ibn al-Muqriʾ. Ibn al-Jarud recorded it in al-Muntaqa (120/327).
These five—and the sixth is Sufyan mentioned above, through the narrations of the three hadith masters from him, namely Ibn ʿUyaynah—all agree in mentioning that he withdrew, or wording conveying that he broke off his prayer without concluding it with the taslim.
Muhammad ibn ʿAbbad differed from them, saying: “Sufyan narrated it to us,” and it includes: “A man stepped aside, concluded with the taslim, and then prayed by himself.”
Muslim (2/41–42) and al-Bayhaqi (3/85 and 112) recorded it. Al-Bayhaqi indicated that the mention of the taslim is anomalous. No researcher who has examined the narrations of those hadith masters, which contradict this addition of the taslim reported by Muhammad ibn ʿAbbad—who was Ibn al-Zibriqan of Mecca—can doubt this. Although he was one of the teachers of both al-Bukhari and Muslim, scholars noted that he made errors. Al-Hafiz alluded to this when he said in al-Taqrib: “Truthful, but makes mistakes.”
Thus, this addition is certainly one of his errors. This is further confirmed by the following corroborative reports:
The first: Shuʿbah narrated it from ʿAmr in an abridged form, which states: “Then the man left.” Another version states: “An Ansari man came, prayed, and then departed.”
Al-Bukhari (2/92 1/701), al-Darimi (1/297)—the other version is his—and Ahmad (3/369) recorded it.
The second: Sulaym—namely, Ibn Hayyan al-Hudhali al-Basri—narrated it from ʿAmr.
Al-Bukhari recorded it (10/200/705).