I say: This is one of their errors, for Muslim did not rely upon Qurrah ibn Abd al-Rahman; rather, he only included his reports as corroborating evidence, as al-Dhahabi himself explicitly stated in al-Mizan. Moreover, he was himself weak due to his poor retention. Some account of his standing has already preceded at the beginning of this book.

Nevertheless, he was not alone in reporting it, for Uqayl ibn Khalid also narrated it from Ibn Shihab.

Ahmad (6/350) recorded it: Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us from Uqayl. And Attab narrated to us: Abdullah narrated to us; he said: Ibn Lahi'ah informed us; he said: Uqayl ibn Khalid narrated to me from Ibn Shihab, with it.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission by way of Abdullah—namely, Ibn al-Mubarak. Although Ibn Lahi'ah was known for poor retention, the verifying scholars hold that his hadith is authentic when transmitted from him by the ʿAbādilah, among whom was Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak. And, as you see, he did narrate it from him.

Attab was Attab ibn Ziyad al-Marwazi. Ibn Abi Hatim (3/2/13) related from his father: “Trustworthy.”

Al-Hafiz did not include him in al-Ta'jil, although he meets its conditions.

It is authentically reported from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said:

“Food should not be eaten until its steam has gone.”

Al-Bayhaqi recorded it with an authentic chain of transmission, as I have explained in Irwa' al-Ghalil (2038).

Al-Hakim also recorded, through Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah ibn al-Arzami, from Ata, from Jabir, as a Prophetic report, with the wording:

“Allow hot food to cool, for hot food is devoid of blessing.”

This al-Arzami is an abandoned narrator and extremely weak. However, al-Suyuti mentioned several corroborating reports for it in al-Jamiʿ, though some of them are questionable, including the hadith of