2- As for the ḥadīth of al-Sāʾib, it is narrated from him by his son Khallād ibn al-Sāʾib al-Juhanī, and Ibn Ḥibbān mentioned it in "al-Thiqāt" (4/201). A group of trustworthy narrators transmitted from him, and al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Truthful," and there are three paths from him: The first: It is narrated by Ḥammād ibn al-Jaʿd from Qatādah: Khallād al-Juhanī told me from his father al-Sāʾib, raised [to the Prophet] with the second narration. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh" (2/2/151) and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (7/167/6623). I said: Its narrators are trustworthy, except for Ḥammād ibn al-Jaʿd; he is weak, as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb," and al-Haythamī criticized it for this reason; however, he said: "It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in 'al-Kabīr' and 'al-Awsaṭ,' and it includes Ḥammād ibn al-Jaʿd, and they unanimously agreed on his weakness!" Thus he said! But there is no consensus on this, especially since Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī—despite his strictness in criticism—said about him: "There is no harm in his ḥadīth." I said: It can be used as supporting evidence, and Allāh knows best. Furthermore, attributing it to "al-Awsaṭ" from this path is an error in our view; for he did not mention it in his other book "Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn" (1/296-297-al-Rushd) except from the third path that follows. The second path: from Muḥammad ibn Yazīd ibn Sinān al-Rahāwī: My father narrated to us from Yaḥyá ibn Abī Kathīr who said: Khallād informed me of it, more complete than this, with the wording: