al-Ṣādiq al-Nāṭiq, with his chain of transmission, from ʿUjayf, who said:

“Zughlumuj was seated among his companions and said, ‘Tell me who is the wisest of people.’ Each one gave the answer he thought best, whereupon he remarked, ‘You have missed the mark. The wisest of people is the one who does not work, because from work comes fatigue (1), from fatigue comes illness, and from illness comes death. So whoever works has aided his own destruction, and Allah says: “Do not kill yourselves” (al-Nisaʾ 4:29).’

“He then said, ‘Give us more of your reports.’

“So I told him: Abū ʿAbd Allah (2) al-Ṣādiq al-Nāṭiq also narrated to me, with his chain from Zughlumuj, that he said:

‘Whoever feeds his brother roasted meat (3), Allah will forgive him sins equal to the number of pits; whoever feeds his brother harīsa, Allah will forgive him sins as great as a church; and whoever feeds his brother a side of meat (4), Allah will forgive him every sin.’”

Isḥāq laughed and ordered that he be given two dirhams and two loaves of bread.

Ibn Ḥibbān recorded these reports without declaring them weak.

Aḥmad ibn Salamah said: I heard Isḥāq say:

“The emir ʿAbd Allah ibn Ṭāhir said to me, ‘Why are you called Ibn Rāhwayh? What does it mean, and do you dislike being addressed that way?’ I replied, ‘Know, O Emir, that my father was born on the road to Mecca, so the people of Marw said rāhwayh, meaning “born on the road.” My father disliked the name, but as for me, I do not mind it.’”

Al-Ḥākim said: Ḥasan ibn Khālid ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣāʾigh informed me; Naṣr ibn Zakarīyā narrated to us; I heard Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm say:

“Yahya ibn Maʿīn asked me about the report of al-Faḍl ibn Mūsā …, the ḥadith of Ibn ʿAbbās: ‘The Prophet ﷺ would glance during the prayer but would not twist his neck behind his back.’”