in the reports Ibn Wahb narrates from him; likewise, Darraj is good in the reports he narrates from Ibn Hujayrah—as was established earlier under no. 3350. The rest of its narrators are trustworthy and are among Muslim’s narrators, apart from Ahmad—namely, Ibn Ali al-Abbar—who was a trustworthy, reliable, and precise memorizer.

It has also been corroborated: Ibn Abd al-Barr transmitted it in Jāmiʿ Bayān al-ʿIlm (1/122) through Sahnun, who said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us with it; except that he did not mention Abu al-Haytham in its chain of transmission.

Al-Mundhiri overlooked the fact that the hadith was transmitted by Ibn Wahb from Ibn Lahi'ah, and so he found fault with it in al-Targhīb (1/74/6), saying:

“Al-Tabarani transmitted it in al-Awsat, and its chain of transmission contains Ibn Lahi'ah!”

Thereby indicating that it was weak. Al-Haythami explicitly stated this, saying (1/164):

“... Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, and he is weak!”

Abu Khaythamah also transmitted it in al-ʿIlm (147/162), as did Abu al-Qasim ibn Abd al-Hakam in Futūḥ Miṣr (p. 281), Ibn Adi in al-Kāmil (3/115), and Ibn Abd al-Barr through other routes from Ibn Lahi'ah with the same wording.

It also has another chain, transmitted by Ibrahim, from Abu Iyad, from Abu Hurayrah, with the same wording.

Al-Darimi transmitted it in his Sunan (1/134), Ahmad in his Musnad (2/499), and al-Khatib in Iqtiḍāʾ al-ʿIlm al-ʿAmal (165/12).

I say: Its chain is good as a corroborating chain. All its narrators in al-Darimi’s version are trustworthy and are among Muslim’s narrators, apart from this Ibrahim—namely, Ibrahim ibn Muslim al-Hijri. Al-Hafiz said in al-Taqrīb:

“Weak in hadith; he would elevate reports attributed to Companions to the Prophet.”