Ibn al-Sakan also declared it authentic, as cited in al-Fayd.

Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Saghir (96), as did al-Hakim, through the route of Ayyub ibn Suwayd, who said: Ibn Shawdhab narrated to us, from Abu al-Tayyah, from Anas, in a hadith attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the same wording.

This Ayyub is weak. Al-Manawi said:

“Al-Bayhaqi also narrated it from Abu Umamah with a weak chain. Ibn al-Jawzi said: ‘It is not authentic through any of its routes.’”

I say: This is one of his exaggerations. The hadith is good through the first route, and these corroborative reports and chains elevate it to the level of authenticity, since their sources are independent and none contains a narrator accused of dishonesty.

And Allah knows best.

424 — “He prohibited images in the house, and prohibited a man from making them.”

Al-Tirmidhi (1/325) and Ahmad (3/335, 384) narrated it from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited this, and so forth.

Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, authentic hadith.” It is as he said, and it meets Muslim’s criteria.

Ibn Hibban (1485) also narrated it through this route, but without the second part.

425 — “The believer is affable; there is no good in one who neither befriends others nor is befriended.”

Ahmad (5/335) and al-Khatib (11/376) narrated it from Isa ibn Yunus, who narrated to us