The story of the Sahaabi who used to make the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) laugh
Question

                I saw a clip on YouTube entitled the funny Sahaabi, which quoted a number of hadiths about this Sahaabi who was called an-Nu‘aymaan ibn ‘Amr al-Ansaari (may Allah be pleased with him). I was confused after listening to this clip, because the first hadith that the shaykh quoted was about the story of the Sahaabi when he borrowed some fruit and gave it to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), then he refused to give it back or pay its price, so the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) paid instead of him and smiled.

How sound is this hadith?
Praise be to Allah.
	It was narrated by Abu Ya‘la in his Musnad (176), Abu 
	Nu‘aym in al-Hilyah (3/228) and ad-Diya’ in al-Mukhtaarah (92) 
	from ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man had the nickname 
	Himaar (donkey) and he used to give the Prophet (blessings and peace of 
	Allah be upon him) a gift of a vessel of ghee and a vessel of honey. When 
	the owner thereof came to ask him to pay for these things, he would bring 
	him to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and 
	say: O Messenger of Allah, give this man the price of his goods, and the 
	Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) would do no 
	more than smile and give instructions that he be paid. One day he was 
	brought to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) 
	having drunk alcohol. A man said: O Allah, curse him, how often he is 
	brought to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon 
	him)! But the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) 
	said: “Do not curse him, for he loves Allah and His Messenger.” 

	Abu Nu‘aym said after quoting it: It is saheeh and proven. 

	Al-Buwaysiri said in Ithaaf al-Khayarah (3/398): This 
	is a saheeh isnaad. 

	Al-Haythami said in al-Majma‘ (4/148): It was narrated 
	by Abu Ya‘la and its men are the men of as-Saheeh. 

	Al-Bukhaari narrated a shorter version in his Saheeh 
	(6780), which is as follows: 

	It was narrated from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab that there was a 
	man at the time of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) 
	whose name was ‘Abdullah, but his nickname was Himaar (donkey), and he used 
	to make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 
	laugh. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had had him 
	flogged for drinking, then he was brought one day and he commanded that he 
	be flogged, and a man who was there said, “O Allah, curse him, how often he 
	is brought [for this reason]!” But the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah 
	be upon him) said: “Do not curse him, for by Allah what I know about him is 
	that he loves Allah and His Messenger.” 

	See also the commentary on the hadith in Fath al-Baari 
	and in al-Isaabah fi Tamyeez as-Sahaabah (6/366): 

	He (may Allah be pleased with him) would do that by way of 
	joking with the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and 
	wanting to make him happy, and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be 
	upon him) would approve of that and laugh, and would not criticise him for 
	it, and he would pay off on his behalf what he had bought and given to him 
	as a gift, and he knew that he only did that out of love for the Messenger 
	of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). 

	And Allah knows best.