It was recorded by Aḥmad (3/265), and al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh" (3/2/27), and al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (1/62). I said: This isnād is good or close to good; its men are trustworthy and well-known, except for ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muslim—who is the Anṣārī, the client of the family of Rifāʿah. Ibn Ḥibbān declared him trustworthy (5/123), and Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ also narrated from him. Al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Acceptable." The other [narration]: Khālaf ibn Khalīfah narrates it: Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar told us from Anas with it similarly, without the aforementioned phrase, and he added after the phrase (al-Jalāl): "O Ever-Living, O Sustainer!" Its men are trustworthy; but this Khālaf had become confused. I have included this ḥadīth of his in "Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd" (1342) due to its various routes, and Ibn Ḥibbān and al-Ḥākim authenticated it, and al-Dhahabī agreed with them. (Note): In the first route—between ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muslim and Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUbayd—there is an addition: (from ʿĀṣim) in "al-Musnad" only, and it is established in "Jāmiʿ al-Masānīd" by Ibn Kathīr (21/22/9), as well as in "Aṭrāf al-Musnad" by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (1/271). It appears to be an old error inserted by some copyists; because it is not found in al-Bukhārī and al-Ṭaḥāwī first, and because they did not mention this (ʿĀṣim) among the teachers of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muslim—as previously mentioned—nor among the narrators from Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUbayd secondly, and Allāh knows best. Another note: In the context of the ḥadīth of the chapter according to al-Mundhirī in "al-Targhīb" (2/234/4)—and he narrated it with the wording of Aḥmad—there is an addition and omission. He said: "There is no deity except You, O Most Compassionate, O Most Generous! O Originator..." and he added: "O" the vocative in the phrases