and he said in "al-Kāshif": "Trustworthy." So he did not consider the weakening by Ibn Maʿīn, nor the ignorance claimed by Ibn al-Qaṭṭān. The reason for this, in my view, is his reliance on the narrations of these trustworthy individuals about him, along with the absence of any objectionable content in his narrations. Thus, the soul is reassured—in this case—to accept what he uniquely narrates unless it contradicts the trustworthy narrators. In this ḥadīth, he did not contradict, but rather agreed with what is well-known about his prayer (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) towards the spear, which is cited in my book "Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl" (504). Furthermore, the ḥadīth has a supporting witness, but it is not something to rejoice over due to its severe weakness, as it is narrated by Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Asadī: "Thawr ibn Yazīd narrated to us from Yazīd ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir from Makhūl from Yazīd ibn Jābir from Abū Hurayrah, raised [to the Prophet] with the wording: 'It suffices as a barrier like the back of a saddle, even if as thin as a hair.'" It was recorded by Ibn Khuzaymah (808) and al-Ḥākim, who said: "Authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs!" and al-Dhahabī agreed with him! Ibn Khuzaymah said: "I fear that Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim erred in raising this report." I said: He refers to what ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated in "al-Muṣannaf" (2290) from al-Thawrī from Yazīd ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir from his father from Abū Hurayrah, who mentioned it. Then he narrated it from Maʿmar from Ismāʿīl ibn Umayyah, raising the ḥadīth to Abū Hurayrah, who mentioned it as a mawqūf [stopped] narration as well. I said: This is connected, and what preceded it is muʿḍal [interrupted], but Yazīd ibn Jābir seems to be unknown, as neither al-Bukhārī nor Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned a narrator from him except Makhūl, yet Ibn..