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suyuti:85-227bʿAmr b. al-Zhar > Ḥumayd > Nas > Qāl Rasūl
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السيوطي:٨٥-٢٢٧b

" عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الأزْهَرِ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ لكَاتِبِهِ: إِذَا كَتَبْتَ فَضَعْ قَلَمَكَ عَلَى أُذُنِكَ فَإِنَّهُ أذكَرُ لَكَ ".  

[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عمرو بن الأزهر متروك، وقال [حم] أحمد يضع الحديث، وقال [خ] البخاري يرمى بالكذب

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