Note and Benefit: I paused for a long period from authenticating this ḥadīth because of this Yaḥyá ibn Abī Usayd, from the day I began dividing the book "al-Targhīb" into its two sections: "Ṣaḥīḥ" and "Ḍaʿīf," which was approximately forty years ago. As a result, the three editions of it were devoid of this, and there are many reasons for this, some of which I will mention in the introduction to the fourth edition of "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb," if Allāh wills. However, I will mention one reason related to our ḥadīth; I say: the references and sources that help in verifying the knowledge of men and distinguishing between "ṣaḥīḥ" and "ḍaʿīf" were not available at that time, even though I lived in the Dār al-Kutub al-Ẓāhiriyyah and frequented it more than its employees by the grace and favor of Allāh. It is a house filled with various printed and manuscript books, yet I lacked many sources, and this remains the case, albeit to a lesser extent. Here is the example before me: the biography of (Yaḥyá ibn Abī Usayd) and this ḥadīth of his. I went through several stages until the means to judge it as authentic became available, so there is no harm in recounting them before the readers for history, reflection, and benefit; I say: First: when it came time for commentary during that long period in "al-Taʿlīq al-Raghīb," I wrote on it the following text—after presenting its isnād from "al-Ḥākim": "And from this aspect, al-Nasāʾī extracted it in "al-Kuná"; as in "al-Tahdhīb," and al-Ḥākim said: 'Ṣaḥīḥ.' And al-Dhahabī agreed with him. I said: And its narrators are trustworthy, except for this ibn Abī Usayd, as I did not see anyone mentioning him, although he was mentioned in "al-Tahdhīb" among those who narrated from (ʿUbayd ibn Abī Suwayyah)."