"its chain of narration is authentic, and neither of them [al-Bukhārī and Muslim] included it." al-Dhahabī agreed with him. I said: they erred twice: first, in correcting Muslim, who did include it; and second, in declaring it authentic without specifying that it meets Muslim's criteria. Perhaps this error is the reason for al-Suyūṭī's shortcoming in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr," where he attributed the ḥadīth only to al-Ḥākim. This misled al-Munāwī, who did not correct him, contrary to his usual practice. Strangely, he attributed it in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr" (1/156/2) to Muslim as well, which was correct.

"The one who guides to good is like the doer." It has been reported from the ḥadīth of Abū Masʿūd al-Badrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, Sahl ibn Saʿd, Buraydah ibn al-Ḥuṣayb, Anas ibn Mālik, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, and ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar. 1 - As for the ḥadīth of Abū Masʿūd, it is narrated by al-Aʿmash from Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī: Saʿīd ibn Iyās al-Anṣārī from him, raised [to the Prophet]. It was recorded by al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (1/484), Aḥmad (5/274), al-Kharāʾiṭī in "Makārim al-Akhlāq" (p. 16-17), Ibn Ḥibbān in "Ṣaḥīḥ" (867 and 868), and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in "al-Jāmiʿ" (1/16) through various chains from al-Aʿmash. The wording is from al-Kharāʾiṭī, and Ibn Ḥibbān's wording is: "A man came to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and asked him, and he said: I have nothing to give you, but go to so-and-so. The man went to him, and he gave him. The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: 'Whoever guides to good will have a reward like that of its doer.'" Al-Ṭaḥāwī's wording is similar except that he said: "The one who guides to good will have a reward like that of its doer." I said: its chain of narration is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, and Muslim included it (6/41)