Chain: Hushaym ibn Bushayr → Abū Balj → Muḥammad ibn Ḥāṭib al-Jumaḥī (may Allah be pleased with him), with a supporting mention of Shuʿbah ibn al-Ḥajjāj’s parallel narration from the same Abū Balj. Rijāl: (1) Hushaym: Hushaym ibn Bushayr al-Wāsiṭī (d. 183 AH); thiqah thabt, though he practiced a subtle tadlīs (al-taswiyah); accepted where he states he was informed, as here. (2) Abū Balj, Yaḥyā ibn Sulaym (or Abū Sulaym) al-Fazārī: ṣadūq, though noted by some critics to occasionally err slightly. (3) Muḥammad ibn Ḥāṭib al-Jumaḥī: a Companion, born during the migration to Abyssinia and brought to Madīnah as an infant; he is counted among the minor Companions on account of his very young age during the Prophet’s ﷺ lifetime. (4) Shuʿbah ibn al-Ḥajjāj: thiqah ḥāfiẓ mutqin, renowned as “Amīr al-Muʾminīn fī al-Ḥadīth” for his rigor in criticizing narrators and preserving precise wording; died 160 AH. Takhrīj: al-Tirmidhī, Kitāb al-Nikāḥ (1088), where al-Tirmidhī himself grades it ḥasan gharīb; Ibn Mājah (1896); al-Nasāʾī (3369). Commentary: This ḥadīth is the principal textual basis for the recommendation (mustaḥabb, and held obligatory by some) of publicly announcing a marriage through permissible means such as the daff (tambourine, played by women) and vocal announcement, distinguishing a lawful union celebrated openly from illicit relations conducted in secrecy — a principle the Prophet’s ﷺ rebuke to Muḥammad ibn Ḥāṭib underscores as more than a mere custom.