and it has a corroborating narration from the ḥadīth of Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, raised [to the Prophet] similarly. It was recorded by Muslim (5/35) and al-Tirmidhī (1275), who said: "It is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ ḥadīth, and the practice is based on this among most scholars. They disliked the price of a dog, and this is the opinion of al-Shāfiʿī, Aḥmad, and Isḥāq. However, some scholars permitted the price of a hunting dog." I said: For this group, there is this ḥadīth and what corroborates it. So I say: It has another chain, or al-Walīd ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī Rabāḥ has a corroborator for the general exception, as Muḥammad ibn Salamah said: from al-Muthanná from ʿAṭāʾ with it. It was recorded by al-Dāraqutnī (3/73/275) and he said: "al-Muthanná is weak." I said: He is Ibn al-Ṣabāḥ al-Yamānī, and he is not severely weak. Ibn Maʿīn declared him trustworthy in one narration, but the majority weakened him. Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, despite his known strictness in criticizing narrators, softened his stance on him, saying: "His ḥadīth is lenient." Al-Dhahabī relied on him in "al-Kāshif," and he said in "al-Mughnī": "Some have deemed him acceptable." It seems he is referring to what has been mentioned earlier, and al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "He is weak, he became confused at the end of his life, but he was devout." It seems he is indicating that he was overtaken by the heedlessness of the righteous, so someone like him can be used as supporting evidence, Allāh willing