“Suwwār al-Jarmī, a Basran, narrates from Abū Qilābah. His son Qatādah ibn Suwwār narrated from him.”

It should be noted that, in the first passage, he listed Abū Qilābah among those who narrated from him, whereas in the other passage he stated that Suwwār narrated from Abū Qilābah. The latter is correct, as it agrees with what is found in the books of al-Bukhārī and Ibn Abī Ḥātim: namely, that he narrated from Mālik ibn al-Ḥuwayrith and Abū Qilābah.

For further benefit, I mention that Ibn Abī Ḥātim indicated that his son Wahb also narrated from him. Thus, all three of his sons narrated from him, the most reliable of them being Anays. Ibn Ḥibbān said concerning him (6/82 and 8/134):

“Anays ibn Suwwār al-Jarmī narrates from his father, from Mālik ibn al-Ḥuwayrith. Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī al-Aswad narrated from him.”

He listed him in the third generation, and then again in the fourth—a classification for which there is no basis.

Al-Bukhārī did not mention any narrator criticism or accreditation concerning him, nor did Ibn Abī Ḥātim. The latter did, however, indicate that Ibn Muqaddam, Khalīfah ibn Khayyāṭ, and Ḥumayd ibn Masʿadah also narrated from him; all of them are reliable.

For this reason, al-Haythamī said in al-Majmaʿ (7/134):

“Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in the three Muʿjams, and its narrators are reliable.”

Al-Suyūṭī said in al-Durr al-Manthūr (6/323):

“Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, al-Ṭabarānī, and Ibn Mardawayh narrated it with a sound chain of transmission; and al-Bayhaqī narrated it in al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt from Mālik ibn al-Ḥuwayrith...”

He then mentioned a corroborating report for it, saying: