Al-Dhahabi concurred with him.

I say: His wording in the chain, “from his father,” is an error, as al-Hafiz explicitly stated in al-Tahdhib. However, in his entry on those who narrated from Ya‘la, he said: “Among them are those who transmitted mursal reports from him, such as ‘Ata’ ibn al-Sa’ib and al-Minhal ibn ‘Amr.” He said something similar in al-Minhal’s biography: that he transmitted mursal reports from Ya‘la ibn Murrah. Accordingly, the chain is interrupted.

Ahmad also transmitted it (4/171, 172) by way of Waki‘, who said: al-A‘mash narrated to us the same report, but without the account of the camel. However, he did not say, “Murrah, from his father.”

He also transmitted it (4/170) by way of ‘Uthman ibn Hakim, who said: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz informed me, from Ya‘la ibn Murrah, who said: “I saw three things from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, which no one before me had seen …” Then he related it.

Al-Mundhiri said in al-Targhib (3/158): “Its chain is sound.”

This is what he said, but Ibn Abi Hatim included this ‘Abd al-Rahman in al-Jarh wa al-Ta‘dil, without reporting any criticism or accreditation concerning him. Al-Husayni said: “He is not well-known.” The rest of its narrators are trustworthy narrators of Muslim.

‘Abdullah ibn Hafs also followed him in narrating a similar report from Ya‘la ibn Murrah al-Thaqafi. Ahmad transmitted it (4/173) by way of ‘Ata’ ibn al-Sa’ib, from him. But ‘Ata’ suffered from memory deterioration, and ‘Abdullah ibn Hafs is unknown, as al-Hafiz and others stated.