declare it weak; rather, he indicated that it was strengthened by remaining silent about it, in accordance with his established practice, and by saying:

“It has a supporting report from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.”

Elsewhere (p. 55), he attributed it to al-Tabarani.

This supporting report has been narrated both as attributed to the Prophet and as attributed to the Companion. As for the report attributed to the Prophet, it has two routes:

The first is narrated by al-Sari ibn Isma'il, from Bayan, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, attributed to the Prophet.

Al-Bazzar narrated it in al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar (1/139/70), as did Abu Ya'la in al-Musnad al-Kabir (2/4/1—al-Matalib al-'Aliyah al-Musnadah), and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (3/390–391). He said:

“No one narrated it from Bayan except al-Sari.”

I say: He is abandoned, as al-Haythami and al-'Asqalani stated.

The other route is narrated by Umar ibn Musa al-Hadi: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from al-Hajjaj ibn Artah, from al-A'mash, from Abd Allah ibn Murrah, from Abd Allah ibn Sakhbarah, from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, attributed to the Prophet.

Ibn 'Adi narrated it (5/54), as did al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (9/261/8570), and al-Khatib in al-Tarikh (3/144), who deemed it strange. Al-Tabarani said:

“Umar ibn Musa al-Hadi alone narrated it.”

I say: Ibn 'Adi said:

“Weak; he steals hadiths and contradicts others in the chains of transmission.”