Ishāq ibn Mālik from Yaḥyá ibn al-Ḥārith from al-Qāsim with it. It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī (8/210/7743). I said: Baqiyyah is a mudallis. And Ishāq ibn Mālik—who is al-Ḥaḍramī—was deemed weak by al-Azdī, and Ibn al-Qaṭṭān said: "unknown." Al-Azdī mentioned this ḥadīth with the wording: "The one who initiates the greeting is closer to Allāh and His Messenger." (Note) One of the errors of the ḥāfiẓ is that he attributed in "al-Fatḥ" (11/16) the ḥadīth of the chapter to al-Tirmidhī! And you have known that its wording differs from his, and he approved its grading without clarifying the reason! Among the confusions of the three commentators on "al-Targhīb" is their statement (3/416/3989): "Good with its supporting narrations, narrated by Abū Dāwūd... al-Tirmidhī... and Ibn Ḥibbān (911)!" They were ignorant of the authenticity of Abū Dāwūd's isnād, and they graded it as good with its supporting narrations without clarifying them, or at least pointing to any of them as is their custom. Then they falsely attributed it to Ibn Ḥibbān! For the number they associated with it is actually for the ḥadīth of Ibn Masʿūd: "Indeed, the people most deserving of me on the Day of Resurrection are those who invoke blessings upon me the most!" So they confused this with the ḥadīth of the chapter, and the reason is that they rely, or rather depend, on indexes for referencing and attribution, and do not refer back to the original sources, and if they had referred back to them; they would not..