I say: All of its transmitters are trustworthy and are among Muslim’s narrators, except Hazzal. However, they do not mention that his grandson, Yazid ibn Nu‘aym, heard directly from him; thus, it appears to be interrupted. In al-Tahdhib it says: “It is said to be mursal.”

A similar report is narrated by Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, who said: Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman related to me from Yazid ibn Nu‘aym ibn Hazzal—Hazzal being the one who had Ma‘iz stoned—that he said: “My family had a slave-girl who used to tend their sheep; she was called Fatimah ...” The hadith then continues in a manner similar to the hadith under discussion.

Al-Nasa’i (7280) and al-Tahawi in Mushkil al-Athar (1/87/93 and 12/463/4944) recorded it.

Ahmad also recorded it, but he said: “From Nu‘aym ibn Hazzal ...,” omitting Yazid ibn Nu‘aym.

A similar version is narrated by Yahya ibn Sa‘id—namely, al-Ansari—from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from a son of Hazzal, from his father Hazzal, to the same effect.

It was recorded by al-Nasa’i (7275)—whose chain contains a typographical error—as well as by al-Hakim, al-Bayhaqi (8/330–331), Ahmad (5/217), and Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr, who said:

“This hadith is reliably preserved from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from a son of Hazzal, from Hazzal; and from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Yazid ibn Nu‘aym ibn Hazzal, through several routes.”

I say: He is referring to the previously mentioned narration of al-Layth from Yahya under “Second.” It appears that the son of Hazzal was Nu‘aym, and that Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir narrated it directly from him. Thus, Nu‘aym had another narrator besides his son Yazid ibn Nu‘aym.