- As for the hadith of Anas, it is narrated by Ibrāhīm ibn Ziyād al-Qurashī, from Abū Ḥāzim, from him. Al-Ṭabarānī recorded it in al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ (2/242/1764) and al-Ṣaghīr (p. 23, Hind edition), and said:
“No one narrated it from Abū Ḥāzim Salamah ibn Dīnār, the ascetic, except Ibrāhīm ibn Ziyād; nor is it narrated from Anas except through this chain of transmission.”
Through this route, al-Aṣbahānī also recorded it in al-Targhīb (2/626–627/1498); and the additional wording is his.
I say: Its narrators are trustworthy, apart from this al-Qurashī, who is unknown. Al-Mundhirī said in al-Targhīb (3/77):
“Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it, and its narrators are among those relied upon in the Ṣaḥīḥ, except Ibrāhīm ibn Ziyād al-Qurashī, concerning whom I have found no criticism or accreditation. This text has also been narrated in the hadith of Ibn ʿAbbās, Kaʿb ibn ʿUjrah, and others.”
Al-Haythamī said (4/312):
“Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Ṣaghīr and al-Awsaṭ. It contains Ibrāhīm ibn Ziyād al-Qurashī. Al-Bukhārī said: ‘His hadith is not authentic.’ If he meant thereby to declare him weak, then there is no objection; but if he meant a particular hadith, he did not specify it. As for the rest of its narrators, they are narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ!”
I say: What al-Bukhārī actually said concerning this Ibrāhīm was: “Its chain of transmission was not authentic.”