for a servant, and he has no deeds that could wipe them out, Allah tries him with sorrow. (1)
Zāʾidah transmitted this report from him.
Muʾammal ibn al-Faḍl said, “I asked ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus about Layth. He replied, ‘I saw him, and he had become confused. More than once I passed by him in the middle of the day and found him on the minaret giving the adhān.’ ”
Among his objectionable narrations is the following: ʿAbd al-Wārith related—from him, from Mujāhid and ʿAṭāʾ, on the authority of Abū Hurayrah—regarding a man who had intercourse with his wife during Ramadan. He said, “Free a slave.” He then added, “and offer a camel.” He mentioned this addition while omitting, “then fast two consecutive months.” (2)
Abū Ḥafṣ al-ʿAbbār narrated—from Layth, from Nāfiʿ, on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar, traced back to the Prophet ﷺ: “No one should set sail on the sea except a pilgrim, a person performing ʿumrah, or one going out for battle.” (3)
(1) Reported by Ahmad, 6/157; the chain is weak because the transmitter Layth is unreliable.
(2) The sound version is found in al-Bukhari, 4/141 and 4/149 (Book of Fasting, chapters: “If someone has intercourse in Ramadan and owns nothing, then charity is given to him for the expiation” and “The one who has intercourse in Ramadan”); Muslim, no. 1111 (Book of Fasting, chapter: “The severe prohibition of intercourse for the fasting person”); Malik, 1/196-197 (Book of Fasting, chapter: “The expiation of one who breaks the fast of Ramadan”); Abu Dawud, 2390-2393 (Book of Fasting, chapter: “The expiation for one who approaches his wife in Ramadan”); and al-Tirmidhi, 724 (Book of Fasting, chapter: “What is reported concerning the expiation for breaking the fast in Ramadan”).
Muslim’s wording is: “A man came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and said, ‘I am ruined, Messenger of Allah!’ He asked, ‘What has ruined you?’ He replied, ‘I had intercourse with my wife during Ramadan.’ He said, ‘Can you free a slave?’ He answered, ‘No.’ He asked, ‘Are you able to fast two consecutive months?’ He answered, ‘No.’ He asked, ‘Can you feed sixty needy persons?’ He answered, ‘No.’ Then he sat down. A basket of dates was brought to the Prophet, who said, ‘Give this in charity.’ The man replied, ‘To someone poorer than we are? By Allah, there is no household between these two lava fields that is more in need of it than ours.’ The Prophet laughed until his incisors were visible and said, ‘Go and feed it to your family.’”
(3) Also reported by Abu Dawud, 2489 (Book of Jihad, chapter: “Going to sea for military expeditions”) from the narration of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As; the chain contains two unidentified narrators.