the two shaykhs, rather, he is among the most reliable people in [narrating from] al-Zuhrī, as stated by the ḥāfiẓ in "al-Taqrīb." Therefore, it is affirmed in "al-Tahdhīb" that the ḥadīth of Maʿmar is the correct one. It is further supported by the fact that Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAtīq also followed him from Ibn Shihāb with it. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (53). This Muḥammad is Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī ʿAtīq: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, and he is considered good in ḥadīth from al-Zuhrī, as stated by al-Dhuhlī. I said: These are two strong follow-ups for Maʿmar that testify to the authenticity of his ḥadīth, so how can it be deemed erroneous even by the leader of the muḥaddithīn? May Allāh have mercy on Mālik when he said: There is no one among us except that he is refuted and refutes, except for the owner of this grave. meaning the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). In summary, the correct isnād of this ḥadīth is that it is from the narration of Abū Salamah that al-Raddād informed him from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf. Thus, it is a connected isnād without interruption. However, that does not make it authentic because this Abū al-Raddād is only known through this isnād, and no one besides Ibn Ḥibbān has declared him trustworthy, which is why the ḥāfiẓ said: acceptable. meaning when corroborated, otherwise his ḥadīth is weak. However, he has been followed up, as Imām Aḥmad said (1/191): Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us: Hishām al-Dastawāʾī informed us from Yaḥyá ibn Abī Kathīr from Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qāriẓ that his father told him that he visited ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf while he was ill, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said to him: May your kinship be maintained, the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, and he mentioned it. This isnād consists of trustworthy men, the men of Muslim, except for ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qāriẓ, the father of Ibrāhīm, for I did not find anyone who translated him nor mentioned him among the teachers of his son Ibrāhīm, so it seems he is not well-known, and in Ibn Ḥajar's words, there is an indication of that, for he said after affirming the earlier narration of Maʿmar: The text has a follow-up narrated by Abū Yaʿlá with a sound isnād from the path of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qāriẓ from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf without mentioning Abū al-Raddād in it. He missed that this path is also in the Musnad of Aḥmad. I have found a strong witness for the ḥadīth, as Imām Aḥmad said (2/498): Yazīd narrated to us, saying: Muḥammad informed us from Abū Salamah from Abū Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, and he mentioned it