"it was narrated by al-Bazzār and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Awsaṭ," and the men of al-Ṭabarānī are the men of "al-Ṣaḥīḥ," except for Haytham ibn Jamīl, who is trustworthy, and al-Ṭabarānī's teacher, Aḥmad ibn Masʿūd al-Khayyāṭ al-Maqdisī, is not in the [book] "al-Mīzān." I said: he is indicating its acceptance, and a group of trustworthy individuals, including Imām Aḥmad, have followed it as mentioned earlier. The ḥadīth was strengthened by ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ishbīlī in "al-Aḥkām," and some of the predecessors acted upon it. Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated in "al-Muṣannaf" (8/235-236) from Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn who said: "If I knew that no ʿaqīqah was done for me, I would perform ʿaqīqah for myself." Its isnād is authentic if the narrator Ashʿath from Ibn Sīrīn is either Ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥadānī or Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Ḥamrānī, both of whom are trustworthy Basrans. However, if it is Ibn Sawār al-Kūfī, he is weak. All three narrated from Ibn Sīrīn, and from them Ḥafṣ - who is Ibn Ghiyāth - is the one who narrated this report from Ashʿath! Ibn Ḥazm mentioned in "al-Muḥallá" (8/322) through the route of al-Rabīʿ ibn Ṣabīḥ from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī: "If no ʿaqīqah was done for you, then perform ʿaqīqah for yourself even if you are a man." This isnād is ḥasan