(2) Al-Diyaʾ al-Maqdisi also records it in al-Mukhtara, with the chain: ʿAsim b. Abi al-Najud → Zir b. Hubaysh → ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr. This isnad is hasan. Al-Tirmidhi graded it “hasan sahih,” al-Hakim ruled it sahih, and al-Dhahabi concurred. Ibn Hibban likewise includes it in his Sahih, as cited in al-Targhib (2/208). Although some writers attribute it to Ibn Majah, I have not found it in his Sunan, and the author of al-Dhakhaʾir does not ascribe it to him; rather, he cites it there from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (2/415–416) through the transmitter ʿAtiyya. ʿAtiyya is truthful but frequently errs, as Ibn Hajar notes in al-Taqrib; for corroboration he is acceptable. Supporting narrations include: (a) Ahmad (2/471) reports it through al-Aʿmash, from Abu Salih, from either Abu Hurayra or Abu Saʿid—al-Aʿmash was uncertain—who said: “It will be said …,” and then related it in similar terms. In the Musnad it is mawquf but carries the force of a marfuʿ report, and its chain is sahih according to the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. The uncertainty is immaterial, as it oscillates between two Companions. This version, however, does not mention tarteel. (b) A narration from Burayda b. al-Husayb: Ahmad (5/348) transmits it via Bashir b. al-Muhajir—ʿAbd Allah b. Burayda—from his father, in the wording: “Ascend the levels and chambers of Paradise; he continues ascending as long as he recites, whether rapidly (hazz) or with tarteel.” Al-Haythami comments (7/159): “Its transmitters are those of the Sahih.”