and there are three chains of transmission from him: the first: from Ṭāwūs from Abū Hurayrah: it was recorded by the two Shaykhs and others, and they both have the third addition, which is the chain referred to at the end of the ḥadīth. The second: from Hammām from him. They both recorded it as well, along with others, and the wording is from Muslim, which is more complete. The third: from ʿAmmār ibn Abī ʿAmmār who said: I heard Abū Hurayrah say... It was recorded by Aḥmad and Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī in "al-Tārīkh" (1/224), and its isnād is authentic, and it is the chain referred to at the beginning of the ḥadīth, containing all the additions except the third. These chains I have extracted in "Ẓilāl al-Jannah" (1/266-267) without narrating their texts, and the first two chains were also recorded by Ibn Ḥibbān in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (6190 and 6191), and Abū ʿAwānah recorded the second of them (1/187-188). Be aware that this very authentic ḥadīth is among those denied by some of the people with diseased hearts among the innovators—let alone the heretics—both in the past and present. Scholars have refuted them throughout the ages with what suffices and satisfies anyone desiring safety in their religion and creed; such as Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Ḥibbān, al-Bayhaqī, al-Baghawī, al-Nawawī, al-ʿAsqalānī, and others. Among those who denied it in contemporary times is Shaykh al-Ghazālī in his book "al-Sunnah..." mentioned in the previous ḥadīth, and he even criticized those who defended the ḥadīth, saying (p. 29): "It is a trivial defense that cannot be accepted"!