Technical note / Defect ('illah): The words "Muhammad bin" are not found in manuscript (B) or the printed edition, whereas the correct thing is to include them, as in manuscript (S), because Abu al-Nadr's own name is Muhammad and his father's name is also Muhammad (Muhammad bin Muhammad).

Note / Clarification: Manuscript (S) has it this way, whereas the printed edition printed it as "khaliq".

Grading: Its chain is sahih.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Abu Malik al-Ashja'i mentioned in the chain is "Sa'd bin Tariq".

Reference / Source: Imam al-Bayhaqi narrated it in "al-Asma' wa al-Sifat" (825) and "al-I'tiqad" (p. 144) from Abu Abd Allah al-Hakim with this chain.

Reference / Source: Imam al-Bukhari narrated it in "Khalq Af'al al-Ibad" (117), and by his way al-Bayhaqi in "al-Asma' wa al-Sifat" (570), and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in "Tarikh Baghdad" (2/353), by way of Ali bin Abd Allah (who is Ibn al-Madini).
Corroborating chains and supporting reports: Imam al-Bayhaqi also narrated it in "Shu'ab al-Iman" (187) by way of Abu Ja'far al-Hadhdha', from Ali bin al-Madini.

Reference / Source: Ibn Abi Asim (358), al-Bazzar (2837), Ibn Mandah (113), al-Lalaka'i (943) and al-Bayhaqi (37) narrated it through various routes from Marwan bin Mu'awiyah.

Reference / Source: Al-Mahamili (325) and al-Lalaka'i (942) narrated it by way of Abu Khalid al-Ahmar, and Ibn Bishran (1243) by way of Yahya bin Zakariyya; both of them narrate from Abu Malik al-Ashja'i.

Reference / Source: Imam al-Bukhari narrated it in "Khalq Af'al al-Ibad" (118) with the chain al-A'mash, from Shaqiq Abu Wa'il, as "mawquf" on Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him).