It was recorded by al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (2/419) and al-Bazzār (4/244/3634) through two chains from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muslim: Ṣubayḥ Abū al-ʿAlāʾ narrated to us from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buraydah from his father, and he mentioned it. I said: This isnād is good. Its men, according to al-Bazzār, are all men of al-Bukhārī except for Ṣubayḥ Abū al-ʿAlāʾ, who was deemed trustworthy by Ibn Ḥibbān. He mentioned him in "Thiqāt al-Tābiʿīn" (4/385) for his narration from Anas, and from him Ḥammād ibn Salamah and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Mukhtār narrated. In "Thiqāt Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn" (6/478), he is mentioned for his narration from Shurayḥ, and from him Marwān ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī narrated. I said: So these are three trustworthy narrators who narrated from him: this ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Marwān ibn Muʿāwiyah, and Ḥammād ibn Salamah, and his narration is in "Tārīkh al-Bukhārī." Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned a fourth narrator for him, Muḥammad ibn Jābir, who is al-Yamāmī, and he is truthful but has poor memory. And with al-Bukhārī, there is a fifth: ʿAdī ibn al-Faḍl, but he is abandoned. This investigation was missed by the commentator on "Mushkil al-Āthār" (5/276-277), who criticized it for the unknown status of this Ṣubayḥ, neglecting the narration of these four trustworthy narrators from him and Ibn Ḥibbān's authentication of him. He also criticized it for the discontinuity between Ibn Buraydah and his father! The response to this will come. Al-Haythamī said (10/244): "It was narrated by al-Bazzār, and its men are men of the Ṣaḥīḥ except for Ṣubayḥ Abū al-ʿAlāʾ, and he is trustworthy." I said: And ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buraydah is trustworthy, relied upon by the two Shaykhs for narrations from his father and others. He heard many ḥadīths from him, contrary to one of the ignorant who transgressed against this knowledge, claiming he did not hear from his father. A detailed refutation of this will follow, which you will not find elsewhere, so refer to the upcoming ḥadīth number (2914). And I do not know—by Allāh—if this claimant imitated the aforementioned commentator in this rejected criticism, or if it is as they say: "Shan found his match," or if he is his student in this?!