It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (2/377/378), Aḥmad (3/422), al-Bazzār (p. 298 - Zawāʾid), and al-Bayhaqī in "al-Shuʿab" (1/368) through the route of Wahb ibn Jarīr, who said: My father narrated to us, saying: I heard Manṣūr ibn Zādhān from Maymūn ibn Abī Shaybīb from Qays ibn Saʿd with it. Al-Tirmidhī said: "A good, authentic, and rare ḥadīth." I say: It is as he said, and it has been criticized for disconnection as will be mentioned, and al-Haythamī said in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid" (10/98): "It was narrated by al-Bazzār and its men are the men of the authentic collections, except for Maymūn ibn Abī Shaybīb, and he is trustworthy." I say: The ḥāfiẓ critiqued it in "Zawāʾid al-Bazzār" by saying: "I say: But he did not hear from Qays." And I say: I do not know where the ḥāfiẓ got this definitive negation, as he mentioned in "al-Tahdhīb" that he narrated from Muʿādh ibn Jabal, ʿUmar, ʿAlī, Abū Dharr, al-Miqdād, Ibn Masʿūd, al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah, ʿĀʾishah, and others. The date of his death does not negate his hearing, for he died in the year 83, and Qays ibn Saʿd died in the year 60, and the statement of Abū Dāwūd: "He did not meet ʿĀʾishah" is far-fetched to me, as she died in the year 57, so between their deaths is only twenty-six years, so he certainly met her. Yes, meeting does not necessarily prove hearing from her, that is another matter, and what supports what I mentioned is that the ḥāfiẓ himself mentioned him in "al-Taqrīb" in the third level, which is the middle level of the followers who narrated from the Companions like al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī and Ibn Sīrīn. And Allāh knows best. (Note) It was hidden from al-Haythamī and then Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī that the ḥadīth of Qays is in "Sunan al-Tirmidhī", so the former mentioned it in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid" and the ḥāfiẓ in "Zawāʾid al-Bazzār"! It was also hidden from al-Mundhirī, so he did not attribute it to al-Tirmidhī, but said (2/256): "It was narrated by al-Ḥākim and he said: Authentic according to their conditions."