2241 M — And Ahmad ibn Ibrahim narrated it to us, saying: Hushaym narrated to us, with this hadith, and he said: Qays ibn al-Harith, in place of al-Harith ibn Qays. Ahmad ibn Ibrahim said: This is the correct version, meaning Qays ibn al-Harith.(1)

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= And al-Bayhaqi in "al-Kubra" 7/149 and 183, and Ibn Abd al-Barr in "al-Tamhid" 56/12, via multiple chains from Hushaym, with this isnad.

And see what follows it.

Ibn Abd al-Barr said: The hadiths narrated on this topic are all defective, and their isnads are not strong, but nothing has been narrated contradicting them from the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the foundational principles support them, and adopting them and acting upon them is more appropriate. And with Allah is success.

(1) A hasan hadith like the one preceding it.

And it was also narrated by Ibn Majah (1952), Abu Ya'la in his "Musnad" (6872), al-Bayhaqi 7/183, and Ibn Abd al-Barr in "al-Tamhid" 12/56 via the chain of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, with this isnad. And it was narrated by Sa'id ibn Mansur in his "Sunan" (1865), Ibn Abi Asim in "al-Ahad wa al-Mathani" (2737), Abu Ya'la in his "Musnad" (6874), al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" 18/(923), al-Daraqutni in his "Sunan" (3690), and Ibn Abd al-Barr in "al-Tamhid" 12/57 via the chain of Muhammad ibn al-Sa'ib al-Kalbi, from Humaydah ibn al-Shimardal, from Qays ibn al-Harith — and according to some of them: al-Harith ibn Qays — and al-Kalbi is abandoned (matruk).

And it was narrated by Abd al-Razzaq (12624) from Ma'mar, from al-Kalbi, from a man, from Qays ibn al-Harith.

And it was narrated by Ibn Qani' 1/175 via the chain of Hushaym, from al-Kalbi, from Abu Salih Badham, from Ibn Abbas, from al-Harith ibn Qays.

And it was narrated by al-Bukhari in "al-Tarikh al-Kabir" 2/262, and Ibn Qani' 1/175 via the chain of Abu Awanah, from Mughirah ibn Miqsam al-Dabbi, from Qays ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Harith — and according to Ibn Qani': al-Rabi' ibn al-Harith ibn Qays — who said: My grandfather embraced Islam... and he mentioned it in similar wording.

And it was narrated by Sa'id ibn Mansur (1864), al-Tahawi in "Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar" 3/255, Ibn Qani' 1/175, and al-Daraqutni (3692) and (3693) via the chain of Hushaym ibn Bashir, =