(2/133) from Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ardabīlī: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar al-Ḥalabī narrated to us, informing us that Mujāhid ibn Mūsá informed us that Maʿn informed us that Mālik narrated from Nāfiʿ from Ibn ʿUmar as a marfūʿ ḥadīth. Al-Ḥākim said: "We did not record it as a ḥadīth of Mālik ibn Anas from Nāfiʿ except with this isnād." I said: It is weak. Al-Khaṭīb mentioned it in the biography of Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar and described him as "al-Bazzār" and said: "Abū Bakr al-Mufīd narrated a rejected ḥadīth from him." Then he presented this for him. Al-Dhahabī said: "He is unknown, and al-Mufīd narrated a fabricated report from him..." then he mentioned it. Al-Ḥāfiẓ agreed with him in "al-Lisān." I do not see what they concluded, that the ḥadīth is fabricated, because it has a supporting narration from Muṣʿab ibn Shaybah as previously mentioned. Although its isnād is weak, it is sufficient to dismiss the judgment of fabrication, and Allāh knows best. Then I found another supporting narration that strengthens it and supports it, and al-Dhahabī himself strengthened it! It was extracted by al-Ḥārith ibn Abī Usāmah from Abū Shaybah al-Khudrī as a marfūʿ ḥadīth as in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr," and its explanation by al-Munāwī states: "Al-Dhahabī said: A good ḥadīth, and the author indicated its ḥasan status."

- "When three people set out on a journey, they should appoint one of them as a leader." Narrated by Abū Dāwūd (2608/2609) and Abū ʿAwānah in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (8/18/1) from Ibn ʿAjlān from Nāfiʿ from Abū Salamah from Abū Saʿīd as a marfūʿ ḥadīth. Then Abū Dāwūd narrated it with this isnād except that he mentioned Abū Hurayrah instead of Abū Saʿīd, and it was extracted by Abū Yaʿlá al-Mawṣilī in his "Musnad" (1/295) in the first manner. I said: This isnād is ḥasan. It has a supporting narration from Ibn Lahīʿah who narrated to us from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hubayrah from Abū Sālim al-Jayshānī from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: and he mentioned it with the wording: "It is not permissible for three people to be in a desolate land without appointing one of them as a leader."