Technical note / Defect ('illah): In the manuscripts this name has been distorted (by error) into 'Itban'.

Technical note / Defect ('illah): The name we have recorded in the text is taken from the following referencing sources, and al-Hafiz al-Mizzi adopted it in "Tahdhib al-Kamal", mentioning Ghassan bin Malik among those who narrate from him. Al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar also followed him. This 'Anbasah' (Anbasah bin Abd al-Rahman) is matruk al-hadith.
Important point: In our manuscripts it is written here as 'Uyaynah bin Abd al-Rahman', who is of the same generation as Anbasah and a 'saduq' (truthful) narrator.

Technical note / Defect ('illah): It is thus in our manuscripts, whereas in "al-Du'afa' al-Kabir" this name appears as 'Marwan bin Abd Allah bin Safwan bin Hudhayfah'. Imam al-'Uqayli says that he and his father are both 'majhul' in the transmission of hadith; his hadith is not preserved and is known only through him.

Grading: Its chain is weak for the reasons mentioned above, and Imam al-Dhahabi declared it 'munkar' in "al-Talkhis".
Reference / Source: Imam al-'Uqayli narrated it in "al-Du'afa' al-Kabir" (1736) via Muhammad bin Ayyub from Ghassan bin Malik with this same chain.

Reference / Source: Abu Mansur bin al-Daylami narrated it in "Musnad al-Firdaws", as mentioned in Ibn Hajar's "al-Ghara'ib al-Multaqatah" (2002), via Abd al-Samad bin Abd al-Warith from Anbasah bin Abd al-Rahman.

General principle: The meaning of this narration is found in this verse of Surah al-Saffat: "Gather those who did wrong and their kinds (azwaj), and what they used to worship besides Allah, and guide them to the path of Hellfire." Here 'azwajahum' means those like them and their helpers and companions.