He then strengthened it through al-Bazzār’s route, saying:

“Its narrators are trustworthy.”

And it is as he said, except that Ibn Jurayj relates it with an unqualified “from” transmission. He said: “From Ibn Abī Mulaykah, from ʿĀʾishah: the Prophet ﷺ heard Sālim, the freed slave of Abū Ḥudhayfah, reciting at night, and he said …” Then he cited it in abridged form.

Al-Bazzār narrated it (3/254/2694) from him with an authentic chain of transmission. Al-Haythamī said (9/330):

“Al-Bazzār narrated it, and its narrators are those of the Ṣaḥīḥ.”

I say: Its chain of transmission would be authentic were it not for the unqualified “from” transmission. Nevertheless, it is a strong corroborating report for the hadith of ʿĀʾishah, and each of the two strengthens the other. Al-Būṣīrī said in Miṣbāḥ al-Zujājah (1/158), concerning the hadith of ʿĀʾishah:

“This is an authentic chain of transmission; its narrators are trustworthy. Al-Ḥākim narrated it ...”

Addendum:

It then became clear to me that the narration of Ibn al-Mubārak upon which al-Ḥāfiẓ relied in finding fault with the narration of the two trustworthy narrators—al-Walīd ibn Muslim and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr—is one that may not be relied upon, much less used to contradict the narration of trustworthy narrators. The key to this was that I saw Ibn al-Athīr—may Allah reward him well—had cited its chain of transmission back to Ibn al-Mubārak in the biography of Sālim, may Allah be pleased with him, in Usd al-Ghābah. It proved to be through the route of Saʿīd ibn Raḥmah ibn Nuʿaym, who said: “I heard Ibn al-Mubārak ...”

No one declared this Saʿīd trustworthy. Rather, Ibn Ḥibbān said in al-Ḍuʿafāʾ (1/328):

“The people of al-Shām narrated from him. It is not permissible to cite him as proof, because he contradicts the firmly established reliable narrators in reports.”