It was recorded by Muḥammad ibn ʿĀṣim al-Thaqafī al-Aṣbahānī in "His Collection" (95/19) and through his route: al-Dhahabī in "al-Siyar" (9/528) and al-Bayhaqī in "Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah" (2/480) in an abbreviated form through two routes from him. I said: It is— in this context— anomalous and strange; due to the uniqueness of Isrāʾīl in narrating it and his contradiction of those reliable narrators. Although he is considered trustworthy among the narrators of the two Shaykhs, more than one person has criticized him regarding his memory, and one of the two mentioned routes is through Yaḥyá ibn Ādam, the trustworthy imam and jurist. Ibn ʿAdī mentioned in the biography of Isrāʾīl from this Yaḥyá that he said: "We used to write from his memory, and he did not have a good memory, then he memorized later." It appears that this ḥadīth was narrated from his memory, and he erred. This investigation was missed by the commentator on "al-Siyar," so he only verified the reliability of its narrators, and perhaps he had some doubt about it, which is why he did not dare to authenticate its isnād! He also said there: "And al-Zurqānī attributed it in 'Sharḥ al-Mawāhib' (1/336) to Ibn Mardawayh." I said: I suspect that he narrated it through the route of Ibn ʿĀṣim al-Thaqafī. Al-Zurqānī mentioned there that the verse was composed by al-Ṣiddīq, and that the Chosen One recited it. So I say: As for it being composed by Abū Bakr; there is no evidence for it, even if we assume the story is authentic, and we have recognized its anomaly; because just as it is possible that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) recited it, it is also possible regarding al-Ṣiddīq, especially since it was said to be composed by al-Walīd ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah in the story of al-Ḥudaybiyyah. As for the Chosen One (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) reciting it; it is possible, but not necessary; because it is permissible