Grading: Its chain is sahih.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Ibn Jurayj explicitly stated that he heard from Muhammad bin Yusuf in sources other than the author's, which removes the suspicion of his tadlis. Although 'Abd Allah bin 'Amr bin 'Uthman explicitly states that he heard from Abu Habbah, al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "al-Isabah" (7/ 83): "Its chain is strong, except that 'Abd Allah bin 'Amr bin 'Uthman did not meet him." Our position, however, is that Abu Habbah, the narrator of this hadith, appears to be a Companion who died late, and he is someone other than the Abu Habbah who was martyred at the Battle of Uhud. Several things indicate this. The first is this hadith of the author itself, in which 'Abd Allah bin 'Amr bin 'Uthman (d. 96 AH) explicitly states that he heard from Abu Habbah.

Important point: The second is the hadith that the author cites after this one, in which Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin 'Amr bin Hazm (who lived until 120 AH) explicitly states that he heard from Abu Habbah; for this reason the two authors of the "Sahihs" (al-Bukhari and Muslim) transmitted it, as will come.

Corroborating chains and supporting reports: The third is what Ibn Abi Shaybah (10/ 520) and Ahmad (25/ 16001) narrated from 'Affan, from Hammad bin Salamah, from 'Ali bin Zayd, from 'Ammar bin Abi 'Ammar, who said: I heard Abu Habbah al-Badri say: When "Lam yakuni alladhina kafaru min ahl al-kitab" (Those who disbelieved among the People of the Book were not, al-Bayyinah 98: 1) was revealed, and he mentioned the hadith. 'Ammar bin Abi 'Ammar lived until after 120 AH.

General principle: These statements of late Successors, who explicitly state that they heard from Abu Habbah, show that he is a different Companion, not the one who was martyred at Uhud. al-Waqidi took this view in his "Maghazi": al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar quoted him in "al-Taqrib" as saying that the Abu Habbah who took part in Badr and was martyred at Uhud is different from the Abu Habbah who narrated the hadith of the Isra' (Night Journey) and the hadith of "Lam yakun", from whom Ibn Hazm and 'Ammar bin Abi 'Ammar narrated; for 'Ammar's shaykh lived until the caliphate of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), given 'Ammar's explicit statement that he heard from him. And Allah knows best.

Reference / Source: al-Tabarani narrated it in "al-Mu'jam al-Kabir" (22/ 820) from Mu'adh bin al-Muthanna, from Musaddad bin Musarhad, with this same chain.

Reference / Source: al-Fakihi in "Akhbar Makkah" (4/ 297), al-Tahawi in "Sharh Mushkil al-Athar" (9/ 129 - 130) and Ibn Mandah in "Ma'rifat al-Sahabah" (p. 836) narrated it through various routes from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Muhammad bin Yusuf informed me.