"its chain is good." This was reported by al-Munāwī in "al-Fayḍ" and he agreed with them, and it is as they said, for Hilāl has a slight issue that does not lower his ḥadīth from the rank of ḥasan unless contradicted, and he was followed in the essence of the ḥadīth as will be mentioned. Al-Suyūṭī attributed the ḥadīth to al-Ḥākim alone with this wording. There are two criticisms: the first is that it implies that none of the authors of the sunan or those of a higher rank than al-Ḥākim reported it, which is not the case as is evident. The second is that it also implies that the wording is al-Ḥākim's, while it is Aḥmad's. There are three other paths for the ḥadīth from Ibn ʿAmr: the first is from Abū Ḥāzim from ʿUmārah ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr with the wording: "What will you do when a time or it is about to come when people will be sifted, leaving behind the dregs of people whose covenants and trusts are confused and they differ, becoming like this: and he intertwined his fingers..." the ḥadīth is similar except for the phrase "stay in your house and control your tongue." It was reported by Abū Dāwūd (2/437-438), Ibn Mājah (2/467-468), al-Ḥākim (4/435), and Aḥmad (2/221). Al-Ḥākim said: "Its chain is authentic." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him. And it is as they said, for its narrators are trustworthy and well-known except for ʿUmārah, who was deemed reliable by al-ʿAjlī and Ibn Ḥibbān, and a group of trustworthy narrators reported from him. The second path: also from Abū Ḥāzim from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather in a marfūʿ form. "A time will come upon the people when they will be sifted, leaving behind the dregs whose covenants have become confused..." the ḥadīth is similar to the previous one