ibn Mansur al-Ramadi narrated to us: Abu Salamah al-Khuza‘i narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Ajlan, from Ubayd Allah ibn Salman al-Agharr, with it.

I say: Abu Salamah al-Khuza‘i was named Mansur ibn Salamah. He was a trustworthy, firmly established, and accomplished hadith master. He added Muhammad ibn ‘Ajlan to the chain of transmission; Muhammad’s hadith are good. Al-Ramadi, too, was trustworthy, so the chain is good.

Imam Ahmad corroborated al-Ramadi, stating in his Musnad (2/365): Al-Khuza‘i narrated to us with it, except that he said: “It is not fitting ...”

Abu Umayyah al-Tarsusi also corroborated him: Mansur ibn Salamah narrated to us with it. Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in al-Sunan (10/264) and Shu‘ab al-Iman (4/229/4880).

Al-Khuza‘i was also corroborated. Ahmad likewise stated (2/289): Ubaydah ibn Abi Qurrah narrated to us: Sulayman narrated to us with it.

The name Ubaydah appears thus in the Musnad in this hadith, and in another hadith several reports before it. In Ahmad Shakir’s edition (15/8 and 9), it is given as “Ubayd,” which is correct and accords with his biographical entry in the books of narrator biographies: al-Bukhari’s History, Narrator Criticism and Accreditation, Ibn Hibban’s Reliable Narrators (8/431), History of Baghdad (11/95), and Ibn Hajar’s Ta‘jil al-Manfa‘ah. Strangely, in his biographical entry he mentioned nothing indicating his standing except al-Bukhari’s statement in the History (3/2/2), concerning a hadith of al-‘Abbas:

“No one corroborates him in his hadith.”

And Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah’s statement:

“Trustworthy and truthful.”