10 - Chapter: The Fly Falling into a Vessel

4262 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us, saying: Sa'id ibn Khalid narrated to me, from Abu Salama, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "If a fly falls into the vessel of one of you, let him dip it (completely)." (1)

End of the Book of al-'Aqiqah, al-Fara' and al-'Atirah (2)
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= Al-Khattab: he is Ibn 'Uthman al-Fawzi. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (4573).
Al-Bukhari also narrated it (5532) from Khattab ibn 'Uthman, with this chain of transmission.
See also what preceded under number (4234).

(1) Sahih due to corroborating evidence, and this chain is hasan because of Sa'id ibn Khalid, while the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, and Ibn Abi Dhi'b: he is Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Mughirah, and Abu Salama: he is Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (4574).
Ahmad also narrated it (11189), and Ibn Hibban (1247) via the route of Yahya ibn Sa'id, with this chain of transmission. Ibn Hibban added at its end: "For in one of its wings there is poison, and in the other there is a cure."
Ahmad also narrated it (11643), and Ibn Majah (3504) via the route of Yazid ibn Harun, from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, with it, similar to the addition of Ibn Hibban mentioned above.
It is corroborated by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in Ahmad (7359) and al-Bukhari (3320).

(2) This phrase is not in (M).