Grading: This narration is entirely "sahih mawquf" on 'Abd Allah bin Mas'ud, as explained under hadith number (7695), but the chain under consideration (which is marfu') is extremely weak. Technical note / Defect ('illah): The cause of its weakness is the narrator "Muhammad bin Salamah al-Kufi". Ibn Abi Hatim asked his father (Abu Hatim) about him in "al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil" (7/ 276), and he said: "He is a shaykh whom I do not know, though his hadith is not munkar"; perhaps he was alluding to this hadith. However, Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "al-Majruhin" (2/ 266) and said: "A shaykh who narrates from al-A'mash what is not from his hadith; it is not permissible to narrate from him in any case, neither for consideration (i'tibar) nor for use as proof." Details of the narration: Muhammad bin Salamah was also contradicted in the chain of the hadith: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated it, as found with Imam Ahmad (6/ 3615) and Abu Dawud (3883), and 'Abd Allah bin Bishr, as found with Ibn Majah (3530); both of them (Abu Mu'awiyah and 'Abd Allah bin Bishr) narrate it from al-A'mash, from 'Amr bin Murrah, from Yahya bin al-Jazzar, from "the son of Zaynab's brother" (and Ibn Bishr said: "the son of Zaynab's sister"), from Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her). Important point: This "brother's son" or "sister's son" of Zaynab is an unknown (majhul) narrator who is not known.

Reference / Source: Ibn Hibban narrated it (6090) through the route of Fudayl bin 'Amr, who narrates from Yahya bin al-Jazzar that: "'Abd Allah entered…"; thus he mentioned it as "mursal".

Note / Clarification: For further detail, see the hadiths that passed earlier at numbers (7694) and (7695).

General principle: Explaining the word "al-tiwalah", Ibn al-Athir writes in "al-Nihayah": "It is the magic, charm or the like by which a woman is made beloved to her husband. It was declared shirk because they believed that this thing has an effect and acts contrary to what Allah the Exalted has decreed."