rather, Ibn Abī Ḥātim did mention him, saying (4/2/190): "Yaḥyá ibn Mālik, Abū Ayyūb al-Azdī al-ʿAtakī al-Baṣrī al-Marāghī, a tribe from the Arabs. He narrated from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, Abū Hurayrah, Ibn ʿAbbās, Samurah ibn Jundub, and Juwayriyyah. He died during the governorship of al-Ḥajjāj. Those who narrated from him include Qatādah, Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī, and Abū al-Wāṣil ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Wāṣil." He did not mention any criticism or praise about him. Ibn Ḥibbān included him in "al-Thiqāt" (1/256) and said: "From the people of Basra, he narrates from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, and Qatādah narrated from him. Abū Ayyūb died during the governorship of al-Ḥajjāj." I say: someone like him is considered ḥasan in ḥadīth, if Allāh wills, due to his status as a Tābiʿī and the narration of a group of trustworthy individuals from him, along with the authentication of al-Ḥākim and al-Dhahabī for his ḥadīth. And Allāh knows best. Ḥakam ibn ʿAbd al-Malik disagreed with him, saying: from Qatādah from al-Ḥasan from Samurah with it. It was recorded by Aḥmad (5/10) and similarly by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Ṣaghīr" (p. 70) who said: "No one narrated it from Qatādah except Ḥakam." I say: he is weak as stated by al-Haythamī (2/177), and al-Mundhirī indicated the weakening of the ḥadīth in "al-Targhīb" (1/255), attributing it to al-Ṭabarānī and al-Aṣbahānī. It escaped both him and al-Haythamī that it is in "al-Musnad," and even in "al-Sunan" and "al-Mustadrak," confirming the famous saying: "How much the earlier ones left for the later ones." (Note) The wording of Ḥakam: "... indeed, a man may be from the people of Paradise, but he delays attending the Friday prayer, so he is delayed from Paradise, even though he is among its people."