Abu Dawud said: This hadith is not continuous (in its chain of transmission).

Chapter 70: Concerning two men, one of whom leads the other in prayer — how they should stand.

608 — Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, Thabit informed us, from Anas: That the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon Umm Haram, and they brought him clarified butter and dates. He said: "Return this to its container, and this to its waterskin, for I am fasting." Then he stood and led us in two rak'ahs of voluntary prayer. Umm Sulaym and Umm Haram stood behind us. Thabit said: I do not know it except that he said: He stood me to his right on a mat.

609 — Hafs ibn Umar narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn al-Mukhtar, from Musa ibn Anas...

= It was also recorded by Abd al-Razzaq (4085) from Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, from Hisham, from his father: that Usayd... And it is mursal (discontinuous).

It was also recorded by Ibn Abi Shaybah 2/326-327 from Yazid ibn Harun, from Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari, from Abdullah ibn Hubayrah: that Usayd... And Ibn Hubayrah did not meet Usayd.

It was also recorded by Ibn Abd al-Barr in "Al-Tamhid" 6/139 via the chain of Anas ibn Iyad, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Bushayr ibn Yasar: that Usayd... And Bushayr also did not meet Usayd.

(1) Its chain is authentic. Hammad: he is Ibn Salamah, and Thabit: he is Ibn Aslam al-Bunani.

It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (13594) via the chain of Hammad ibn Salamah, with this chain of transmission.

It was also recorded in a similar form, without mentioning the clarified butter and dates, by Muslim (660) (268), and by al-Nasa'i in "Al-Kubra" (879) via the chain of Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah, from Thabit, with it.

It was also recorded in extended form by al-Bukhari (1982) via the chain of Humayd al-Tawil, from Anas. And it is in "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (990) and (7186).

And see what follows it, and what will come under number 612.