Note / Clarification: (1) In the manuscripts the name is written here as "Yazid", and in manuscript (S) the name has become transposed (maqlub). In some other sources too it is reported as "Yazid" (with ya'), but the correct name is "Burayd" (with ba'), as established from Imam al-Daraqutni's "al-Mu'talif wa al-Mukhtalif" (1/171) and Ibn Makula's "al-Ikmal" (1/227).

Grading: Its chain is very weak.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): The narrators al-'Ala' bin Amr al-Hanafi and Yahya bin Burayd al-Ash'ari are both weak (Lisan al-Mizan 5280, 8417).
Important point: Imam al-'Uqayli reported in "al-Du'afa'" from Abd Allah bin Umar bin Aban that he and al-'Ala' bin Amr heard a hadith from a man; then when people asked al-'Ala' about it, he (dropping the man who had narrated it) said directly: "Sa'id bin Maslamah narrated to us", which is a sign that he is a liar.

Grading: Mawdu' (fabricated).
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Abu Hatim al-Razi declared it a "lie", while according to Imam al-'Uqayli it is a munkar narration that has no basis. Imam al-Dhahabi wrote in "al-Talkhis" that Yahya was declared weak by Imam Ahmad and others, and that it is the narration of al-'Ala' bin Amr, who is not reliable.
Important point: Imam al-Dhahabi stated explicitly in "Mizan al-I'tidal" (3/103) that this hadith is 'mawdu''; and 'Ibn al-Fadl' mentioned in his words is Muhammad bin al-Fadl bin Atiyyah, who corroborated Yahya bin Burayd in the next narration.

Reference / Source: This hadith is also narrated with the same chain in the author's (al-Hakim's) own book "Ma'rifat 'Ulum al-Hadith" (p. 161-162).

Reference / Source: Al-'Uqayli narrated it in "al-Du'afa'" (1327), Ibn al-Jawzi in "al-Mawdu'at" (859), al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" (11441) and "al-Awsat" (5583), and al-Bayhaqi in "Shu'ab al-Iman" (1496) and "Manaqib al-Shafi'i".
Important point: Imam al-Tabarani says that only Yahya bin Burayd narrated it from Ibn Jurayj, and al-'Ala' bin Amr is alone in narrating it from him.

Reference / Source: Al-Aburi, al-Mu'afa bin Zakariyya, Tammam al-Razi, Abu Nu'aym and Ibn Asakir narrated this hadith through various routes, all via al-'Ala' bin Amr al-Hanafi.

Corroborating chains and supporting reports: On this topic it is narrated as marfu' from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "I am an Arab, the Qur'an is Arabic, and the language of the people of Paradise is Arabic" (al-Tabarani, al-Awsat 9147).
Grading: The chain is extremely weak/matruk.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): The narrator Abd al-Aziz bin Imran al-Zuhri is 'matruk', and his shaykh Shibl bin al-'Ala' is 'da'if' and, according to Imam al-Daraqutni, not strong.