23 - Chapter on Running the Fingers Through the Beard (during ablution)

29 - Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Karim ibn Abi al-Mukhariq Abi Umayyah, from Hassan ibn Bilal, who said:
I saw 'Ammar ibn Yasir perform ablution, and he ran his fingers through his beard. It was said to him—or he said: I said to him—"Do you run your fingers through your beard?" He replied: "And what would prevent me? I have seen the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, run his fingers through his beard."(1)

30 - Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah, from Qatadah, from Hassan ibn Bilal, from 'Ammar, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, something similar.(2)

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(1) Hasan (sound) due to corroborating evidence, but this chain is weak due to the weakness of 'Abd al-Karim ibn Abi al-Mukhariq, and moreover he did not hear it from Hassan ibn Bilal, so it is disconnected. Ibn Abi 'Umar is Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi 'Umar al-'Adani.
It was also recorded by Ibn Majah (429), and al-Hakim 1/149 who declared it authentic!—from Ibn Abi 'Umar, with this chain.
It was also recorded by al-Tayalisi (645), Ibn Abi Shaybah 1/12, and al-Humaydi (146) from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, with it.
It was also recorded by Abu Ya'la (1604) from Harun ibn Ma'ruf and Abu Khaythamah Zuhayr ibn Harb, from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, with it. See also what follows.

(2) Hasan (sound) due to corroborating evidence; its narrators are trustworthy, narrators of the Sahih, except for Hassan ibn Bilal, for the authors of the Sunan narrated from him except Abu Dawud. And the hearing of Sufyan—i.e., Ibn 'Uyaynah—from Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah has not been specified by anyone as to when it occurred, whether before the latter's confusion or after.
It was also recorded by Ibn Majah (429) from Ibn Abi 'Umar, with this chain. =