It was recorded by al-Nasāʾī in "al-Sunan al-Kubrā" (2/366/2929- Hindiyyah), and by al-Ḥākim (1/146) from him, and by al-Bayhaqī (1/36). Al-Ḥākim said: "Authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, but they did not include the wording: 'obligatory' in it, and it has no defect." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him. Al-Ḥāfiẓ attributed it in "al-Fatḥ" (4/159) to al-Nasāʾī and remained silent about it, thus it is considered strong by him. Then al-Nasāʾī recorded it (2934) through the route of Baqiyyah from ʿUbayd Allāh from Saʿīd ibn Abī Saʿīd with it. Then al-Ḥākim provided a supporting narration from the ḥadīth of Jaʿfar ibn Tamām from his father from al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, elevated, with the wording: "... I would have made the use of the toothstick obligatory with every prayer just as I made ablution obligatory." Similarly, it was recorded by Abū Yaʿlá (12/71/6710), al-Bazzār (1/243/498), and also by Aḥmad (1/214); except that he did not say: "from al-ʿAbbās." It was also narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (2/64/1301-1303). In a narration by Aḥmad (3/442) from Qutham ibn Tamām—or Tamām ibn Qutham—from his father, elevated. The basis of these narrations is Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣayqal, who is unknown, and he was omitted from the isnād by al-Ḥākim. There are other aspects of confusion according to al-Bayhaqī, who concluded by saying: "It is a ḥadīth with differing isnād." Nevertheless, Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir authenticated it in his commentary on "al-Musnad" (3/246-248)!