al-Dāraqutnī, and this is a benefit for which I have included the ḥadīth here. ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ishbīlī also mentioned it in "Aḥkām" (no. 1753 - my edition) through the route of al-Dāraqutnī and remained silent on it, indicating its authenticity!

"Increase the testimony that there is no deity but Allāh before it is prevented between you and it, and teach it to your dying ones." It was recorded by Abū Yaʿlá in "Musnad" (4/1460 - Maktab copy), Ibn ʿAdī in "al-Kāmil" (folio 204/2) from him and others, Ibn Ḥamṣah in "Juzʾ al-Biṭāqah" (folio 69/1), al-Khaṭīb in "Tārīkh Baghdād" (3/38), and Ibn ʿAsākir in "Tārīkh Dimashq" (17/207/2) through various routes from Ḍamām ibn Ismāʿīl from Mūsá ibn Wardān from Abū Hurayrah as a marfūʿ ḥadīth. I said: And this isnād is good. Ḍamām ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mīzān": "His ḥadīth is acceptable, some criticized him without evidence... Ibn ʿAdī mentioned him in 'al-Kāmil' and listed good ḥadīths for him." I said: Then al-Dhahabī listed a section of those good ḥadīths, this being one of them. Al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ishbīlī also indicated its goodness by saying in "Aḥkām" (no. 1774) after mentioning it from Ibn ʿAdī's narration: "This Ḍamām was devout, truthful, and his ḥadīth is acceptable." Al-Ḥāfiẓ said in "al-Taqrīb": "Truthful, but he might err." He said the same about his teacher Mūsá ibn Wardān. The ḥadīth was attributed in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr" to Abū Yaʿlá and Ibn ʿAdī, and it was marked as weak! Al-Manāwī critiqued this in his commentary: