and al-Ḥākim said: "Its isnād is authentic." al-Dhahabī agreed with him. al-Bazzār said: "Its isnād is sound." I say: This is closer to the condition of ʿĀṣim ibn Rajāʾ, for there is some discussion about him. Al-Dhahabī said in "al-Kāshif": "Ibn Maʿīn said: He is acceptable." al-Ḥāfiẓ said in "Taqrīb": "Truthful but makes mistakes." Therefore, al-Haythamī said in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid" (1/171): "It was narrated by al-Bazzār and al-Ṭabarānī in 'al-Kabīr', and its isnād is good, and its men are trustworthy." And he—meaning ʿĀṣim—is among those mentioned by Ibn Ḥibbān in "Thiqāt" (7/259), and he authenticated for him in "Ṣaḥīḥ" one ḥadīth regarding the virtue of the seeker of knowledge (no. 88 - al-Iḥsān).

"you are not more capable of walking than I am, and I am not less in need of the reward than you." It was narrated by Ibn Ḥibbān in "Ṣaḥīḥ" (4713 - al-Iḥsān), al-Ḥākim (30/20), Aḥmad (1/411, 418, 422, 424), Ibn Saʿd in "al-Ṭabaqāt" (2/21), al-Bazzār in "Musnad" (2/310/1759 - al-Kashf), and al-Ḍiyāʾ in "al-Muntaqá min Masmūʿātihi bi-Marw" (folio 29/1) through various chains from Ḥammād ibn Salamah from ʿĀṣim ibn Bahdalah from Zur ibn Ḥubaysh from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd who said: