Did you then acquit yourself well? (1)

This is a good and authentic hadith.

3649 — Abu Kurayb narrated to us, saying: Hakkam ibn Salm al-Razi narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Abi Qays, from al-Hajjaj, from al-Minhāl ibn 'Amr, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from 'Ali, who said: "We continued to doubt the punishment of the grave until this was revealed: {Competition in worldly increase diverts you} (3)."

Abu Kurayb said on one occasion: from 'Amr ibn Abi Qays, from Ibn Abi Layla, from al-Minhāl.

This hadith is gharib (unfamiliar).

3650 — Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from Muhammad—

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(1) Its chain is authentic, and it has already preceded with the compiler at number (2496), and was referenced there.
(2) In the printed edition it was corrupted to: "Aslam."
(3) Its chain is weak — al-Hajjaj, who is Ibn Arta'ah, is a mudallis (one who conceals) and he narrated it without specifying direct hearing.
Al-Tabari cited it in his "Tafsir" 30/284, and Ibn Abi Hatim in his "Tafsir" as found in "Tafsir Ibn Kathir" 8/494, via the chain of al-Hajjaj ibn Arta'ah, with this isnad.
Al-Tabari also cited it in 30/284 via the chain of Ibn Abi Layla, from al-Minhāl ibn 'Amr, with it. Its wording is: "{Competition in worldly increase diverts you} was revealed concerning the punishment of the grave." And Ibn Abi Layla — whose name is Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla — had a weak memory.
(4) In the printed edition after this appears: "He is Razi, and 'Amr ibn Qays al-Mula'i is Kufan," and it is likewise in (L), but it does not appear in the rest of our manuscript copies.