وَرَوَى الزُّهْرِيُّ وَصَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي حَسَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَبِّلُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ.
Translation: Al-Zuhrī and Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī Ḥassān reported from Abū Salamah, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Prophet kissed while fasting.
Avoiding narrator confusion — Nawawī: The transmitter here is **Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī Ḥassān**, whom al-Bukhārī described as trustworthy in the assessment relayed by al-Tirmidhī; other critics also authenticated his reliability. A manuscript reading “Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān” is described by Abū ʿAlī al-Ghassānī as erroneous.
**Ṣāliḥ ibn Ḥassān, Abū al-Ḥārith**, is a different narrator with widely recorded severe weakness in retention and precision. Al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī reports critics’ agreement not to rely on him independently. Both narrated from Abū Salamah and were narrated from by Ibn Abī Dhiʾb, making precise identification essential: the weak namesake’s jarḥ must **not** be transferred to Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī Ḥassān.
The following route then introduces additional intermediaries after Abū Salamah.