from al-Layth ibn Saʿd, from Yazīd ibn Ḥabīb, from Sahl ibn Muʿādh ibn Anas, from his father—who was a Companion—attributed to the Prophet. al-Ḥākim said: "The isnād is authentic," and al-Dhahabī agreed with him, and it is as they said, for all its narrators are trustworthy, and Sahl ibn Muʿādh is acceptable except in the narrations of Zubān from him, and this is not one of them. Aḥmad also reported it (3/439, 340) through the route of Ibn Lahīʿah, who narrated from Zubān, from Sahl, with an addition: "For perhaps a ridden animal is better than its rider and remembers Allāh more than him." This addition is weak due to the known condition of Zubān's narration from Sahl, especially since it includes Ibn Lahīʿah, who is also weak. Do not be deceived by the statement of al-Haythamī (8/107) following this narration with this addition: "Aḥmad and al-Ṭabarānī reported it, and one of Aḥmad's isnāds has narrators of the authentic collections except for Sahl ibn Muʿādh ibn Anas, whom Ibn Ḥibbān considered trustworthy, but he is weak." For the isnād to which this statement applies is actually the isnād of the first narration, which does not include this addition, so be aware.