“No one narrated it from Abu Awanah except Shayban.”

I say: Both are trustworthy. Abu Awanah was al-Waddah al-Yashkuri, a trustworthy and firmly reliable narrator among those whose reports were transmitted by both al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Shayban ibn Farrukh was among Muslim’s narrators. There is some criticism concerning him, but it does not reduce his hadith below the rank of good. For this reason, al-Hafiz said:

“Truthful, but makes mistakes.”

All the remaining narrators are trustworthy. As for Huzayl ibn Shurahbil, he was a trustworthy narrator among al-Bukhari’s men. As for Abu Miskin, he was Hurr ibn Miskin. Ibn Ma'in said:

“Trustworthy.”

And Abu Hatim said:

“There is no harm in him.”

Ibn Hibban included him in al-Thiqat (6/239).

His standing escaped al-Hafiz’s notice, so in his biographical entry in al-Tahdhib, he mentioned only what Ibn Hibban had stated. He thus overlooked the fact that a number of trustworthy narrators transmitted from him, as well as Ibn Ma'in’s and Abu Hatim’s declarations that he was trustworthy. Therefore, in al-Taqrib he said:

“Acceptable.”

So take note.

As for Ibrahim, al-Tabarani’s shaykh, he was Ibrahim ibn Ahmad ibn Umar al-Waki'i. Al-Daraqutni declared him trustworthy, as recorded in Tarikh Baghdad.