is weak because of this, so do not be deceived by the statement of al-Haythamī (3/155): "It was narrated by Abū Yaʿlá, al-Bazzār, and al-Ṭabarānī in 'al-Awsaṭ,' and the men of Abū Yaʿlá are the men of the Ṣaḥīḥ." I said: And likewise the men of "al-Awsaṭ," as you know, so there is no need to specifically mention Abū Yaʿlá! Then you also know that Shuʿayb's hearing from Ibn Abī ʿArūbah was during his period of confusion. So take heed. Then I found another route for it from Anas, produced by al-Ḍiyāʾ in "al-Mukhtārah" (101/1-2) through the route of Abū Yaʿlá and others from Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah: Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī informed us from Zāʾidah from Ḥumayd from Anas with it. And he said: "Ibn Ḥibbān narrated it from Abū Yaʿlá al-Mawṣilī." I said: And this isnād is authentic, and it is in "Mawārid al-Ẓamʾān" (890). This clarifies that the route of Abū Yaʿlá is different from the route of al-Ṭabarānī, which contains that confused [narrator], so al-Haythamī should have clarified that. Then I found it in "al-Muṣannaf" by Ibn Abī Shaybah (2/184) from this perspective. And it was produced by Ibn ʿAdī (25/1) from Abān from Anas, but Abān—who is Ibn Abī ʿAyyāsh—is abandoned, and from his route, it was narrated by Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣamm in "his ḥadīth" (vol. 3, no. 84).

- "He would not sleep except with the siwāk near him, and when he woke up, he would begin with the siwāk." It was narrated by Aḥmad (2/117) and Ibn Naṣr in "Qiyām al-Layl" (p. 43) from Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn Mihrān—a client of Quraysh—I heard my grandfather narrating from Ibn ʿUmar as marfūʿ. I said: And this isnād is ḥasan, its men are trustworthy except for Muḥammad—who is Ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muslim ibn al-Muthanná ibn Mihrān—about whom there is a difference of opinion, and the preferred view is that he is of moderate reliability in ḥadīth, and Ibn... authenticated for him