"ghānim ibn al-Aḥwaṣ did not narrate from Abū Ṣāliḥ except this ḥadīth." I said: And this Ghānim is not strong, as al-Dāraquṭnī said. Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam and his grandfather were mentioned by Ibn Ḥibbān in "al-Thiqāt," but others disagreed with him. As for his father, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid, al-Azdī said: "His ḥadīth is not to be written." Al-Dhahabī said: "He is unknown and weak." I said: Despite these defects, al-Mundhirī (1/175) said: "al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in 'al-Awsaṭ,' and there is no harm in its isnād!" In summary, the ḥadīth, with all its chains, is established and authentic. And with Allāh is success.

- "The best among you are those who are the gentlest in their shoulders during prayer, and there is no step greater in reward than a step taken by a man to fill a gap in the row." It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Awsaṭ" (1/32/2) through the route of Layth ibn Ḥammād: Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us from Layth from Mujāhid from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, raised [to the Prophet], and he said: "No one narrated it from Ḥammād ibn Zayd except Layth." I said: Al-Dāraquṭnī weakened him. Al-Haythamī also criticized it (2/90). The Layth mentioned above is Ibn Abī Sulaym, and he had become confused. From his route, the second part of the ḥadīth was extracted by al-Daylamī in "Musnad al-Firdaws."