and for the first part of it, there is another supporting narration from the ḥadīth of Sufyān, from ʿĀṣim, from Abū al-ʿĀliyah, from Anas, raised [to the Prophet] with similar wording: "Kohl is odd." It was recorded by Tamām in "al-Fawāʾid" (p. 57/1), narrated to us by Abū al-Ḥasan Khaythamah ibn Sulaymān — read to him — narrated to us by Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf Abū Jaʿfar al-Ḥimṣī, narrated to us by al-Firyābī, narrated to us by Sufyān, from ʿĀṣim, from Abū al-ʿĀliyah, from Anas who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said it. I said: This isnād is authentic, its narrators are trustworthy if this ʿĀṣim is Ibn Sulaymān al-Aḥwal, for he is from Basra like Abū al-ʿĀliyah, whose name is Rafiʿ ibn Mihrān al-Riyāḥī. It is possible that he is ʿĀṣim ibn Bahdalah al-Kūfī, and if so, the chain is ḥasan. It is also possible that he is ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb al-Kūfī, who is trustworthy. Or ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb al-Madanī, who is weak but suitable for supporting evidence, but the first possibility is stronger because he used to narrate from Abū al-ʿĀliyah as in "al-Dāraqutnī" (p. 63). (See the addendum number 259/14). and for the second part of the ḥadīth, there is supporting evidence in "Muslim" from Jābir, raised [to the Prophet], and thus the ḥadīth is authentic, and all praise is due to Allāh.

"When the two circumcised parts meet, ghusl becomes obligatory." This wording is reported in the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, Abū Hurayrah, and others. 1 - As for the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah, it is narrated by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nuʿmān from her. It was recorded by Aḥmad (6/239) through the route of ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Rabāḥ from him. Its narrators are trustworthy, the men of Muslim, except for ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nuʿmān, who is unknown, and al-Bukhārī said: "There is no known hearing from ʿĀʾishah ﵂." However, Ibn Ḥibbān declared him trustworthy. In another narration by Aḥmad (6/123 and 227) from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nuʿmān from her, she said: "The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) would perform ghusl when the two circumcised parts met."