there is another path of exception from Abū Hurayrah, narrated by Ḥammād ibn Salamah from Abū al-Muhzam from him, who said: "The price of a dog is prohibited, except for a hunting dog." It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (1281) who said: "It is not authentic from this perspective, and Abū al-Muhzam's name is Yazīd ibn Sufyān, and Shuʿbah criticized him and declared him weak. It has also been narrated from Jābir from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) similar to this, and its isnād is also not authentic." Abū al-Muhzam is abandoned as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb," so he is not used as evidence, and "al-Talkhīṣ" suffices with saying about him (3/4): "He is weak." I say: Ḥammād ibn Salamah has another isnād, which he narrates from Abū al-Zubayr from Jābir in a marfūʿ form similar to it. This is what al-Tirmidhī referred to and declared weak. It is extracted under the authentic ḥadīth mentioned earlier, number (2971), by al-Nasāʾī, and he also declared it weak. As al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Its narrators are trustworthy," and it includes the ʿanʿanah of Abū al-Zubayr as you see. There is a disagreement in its isnād on Ḥammād, whether it is marfūʿ, mawqūf, or mursal, and al-Dāraqutnī said: "The mawqūf is more authentic." I did not find anything to support it, especially since it was narrated by al-Ḥasan ibn Abī Jaʿfar from Abū al-Zubayr from Jābir in a marfūʿ form. It was recorded by al-Dāraqutnī (274), and al-Bayhaqī commented on it, saying: "Al-Ḥasan ibn Abī Jaʿfar is not strong."