I said: it is as if he indicated the strengthening of the ḥadīth with these three chains, thus he precedes Ibn Kathīr in its strengthening. And Allāh, the Exalted, knows best. And this mursal ḥadīth has trustworthy narrators; except for Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār—who is al-ʿAṭṭāridī—about whom there is disagreement. Hence, al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mīzān": "ḥasan al-ḥadīth," and I have previously cited a ḥadīth from him (2458) from his narration from Yūnus ibn Bukayr, and he is a reliable transmitter from him as I clarified there, so it is a good mursal and a sound witness. And Allāh, the Exalted, knows best. And perhaps what confirms the authenticity of the transmission mentioned is that the first part of this mursal has been authenticated from the narration of Anas and others, and it has also been previously cited under number (2888) from the sixth volume, and it has been printed, praise be to Allāh. (Note): Among the gross errors is attributing the ḥadīth of the chapter to al-Bukhārī by Shaykh Nasīb al-Rifāʿī, may Allāh have mercy on him, in "Mukhtaṣar Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr," and his compatriot Shaykh al-Ṣābūnī followed him in his "Mukhtaṣar" as well! What led them to this was either the haste in quoting from the ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr, or a misunderstanding of his expression; for he said at the beginning of the Tafsīr of Sūrah (al-Ḥadīd): "And we have narrated in the ḥadīth from various chains at the beginning of the explanation of the Book of Faith from 'Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī' that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said one day to his Companions: Which of the believers is most amazing... and he mentioned it, and we have mentioned some of these chains at the beginning of Sūrah al-Baqarah." They did not pay attention to his saying: "explanation"!