the report of Muhammad ibn Amr, and on the authority of Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah. For this reason, it is described as a good and authentic hadith.

A similar report is that narrated by Abū Uthmān al-Nahdī from Salmān al-Fārisī, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “Your Lord is shy and generous; He is shy to return His servant’s hands empty when he raises them to Him.”

It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah and al-Tirmidhī. Al-Tirmidhī said, “It is a good, singular hadith.” He added, “Some narrated it without tracing it back to the Prophet.” This does not undermine the report