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Abu Dawud (1751) and Ibn Majah (3133) both narrated it from the hadith of Walid bin Muslim, who said, "Uzai narrated to us, from Yahya bin Abu Kathir, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurairah," and he related it. Its isnad is sahih. Walid bin Muslim is a mudallis, but he explicitly used the wording of direct narration in Ibn Majah's version. Ibn Khuzayma (2903) graded it sahih, as did Hakim (1/467) as recorded in Dhahabi's Talkhis of his work, both from the hadith of Walid bin Muslim. Hakim said, "Sahih according to the criterion of the two Shaykhs."A note of caution, an error occurred in the isnad in the printed Mustadrak. It was narrated there through the route of Nasai as follows, "Abu Ali Husayn bin Ali the Hafiz narrated to us, Abu Abdul-Rahman Ahmad bin Shuayb the jurist in Egypt informed us, Muhammad bin Abu Kathir narrated to us, from Salama, from Abu Hurairah," and he related the hadith in like manner. But the hadith in Sunan Nasai Kubra (4128) is narrated from Amr bin Uthman, from Walid, from Uzai, from Yahya, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurairah, in like manner, with the addition, "during the farewell pilgrimage." This confirms that an error occurred in the printed isnad of Hakim.As for Ibn Hajar, he did not attribute it to Hakim at all, but rather confined himself to attributing it to Ibn Khuzayma alone. See Ithaf Mahra (16/124).Walid is a mudallis, but he made his narration explicit as mentioned before. He was also corroborated by Ismail bin Samaa, from Uzai, with the same isnad and wording. Ibn Hibban (4008) narrated it through the route of Hisham bin Ammar, who said, "Ismail bin Samaa narrated to us," and he related it. Hisham bin Ammar's hadith is hasan, and the corroboration of Ismail bin Samaa for Walid confirms that Walid did not drop anyone between Uzai and Yahya bin Abu Kathir, for he sometimes does this with weak narrators, on the pretext that Uzai was too noble to narrate from weak narrators.