"It was recorded by Aḥmad with a good isnād, and it was also recorded by al-Bazzār and al-Ṭabarānī from the ḥadīth of Abū Mūsá, and by al-Ṭabarānī as well from the ḥadīth of Usāmah ibn Sharīk, and by al-Bazzār also from the ḥadīth of Sharīk ibn Ṭāriq with a good isnād." I said: His grading of Aḥmad's isnād as good is not accurate due to the weakness of ʿAṭiyyah, unless he means it is good due to other supporting narrations, in which case it is acceptable. 5 - As for the ḥadīth of Usāmah, it is narrated by al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Ṣāliḥ from Ziyād ibn ʿAlāqah from him, and it includes the second addition. It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (1/25/2) and al-Mufaḍḍal is also weak. In the chapter, there are narrations from a number of other Companions, so whoever wishes may refer to "al-Majmaʿ" (10/356-357). And know that this ḥadīth may be problematic for some people, leading them to think it contradicts the statement of Allāh: *"And that is Paradise which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do"* and similar verses and ḥadīths indicating that entering Paradise is due to deeds. The response closest to correctness is that the "bāʾ" in the ḥadīth's phrase "bi-ʿamalihi" is the "bāʾ" of compensation, while the "bāʾ" in the verse is the "bāʾ" of causation, meaning that righteous deeds are a necessary cause for entering Paradise, but they are not the price for entering Paradise and its everlasting bliss and ranks. Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allāh have mercy on him, said in some of his fatāwá: "And for this reason, some have said: turning to the causes is shirk in tawḥīd, and erasing the causes as being causes is a deficiency in intellect, and turning away from the causes entirely is a flaw..