This report was also transmitted by Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī in al-Shamāʾil, and al-Nasāʾī in ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah (1), through Ḥammād ibn Zayd from Salm ibn Qays al-ʿAlawī al-Baṣrī.
Abū Dāwūd remarks (2): “He was not from the descendants of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; he practiced astrology, and when he testified before ʿAdiyy ibn Arṭāh that he had sighted the new moon, his testimony was not accepted.”
Abū Dāwūd further said: ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥimmanī (3) narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Muslim, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾishah, who said:
“Whenever a report about a man reached the Prophet ﷺ, he would not say, ‘What is the matter with So-and-so that he says such-and-such?’ Rather, he would say, ‘What is the matter with some people who say such-and-such?’” (4)
It is authentically established that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Let no one convey to me anything about anyone, for I love to come out to you with a heart free of rancor.” (5)
Mālik relates—through Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Ṭalḥah—from Anas ibn Mālik—that he said:
“I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ while he wore a cloak with a coarse border. A Bedouin caught up with him and tugged at the cloak so violently that I looked at the side of the Messenger of Allah’s neck and saw the border had left a mark. The man then said, ‘O Muḥammad, command that I be given some of Allah’s wealth that you possess.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to him, laughed, and ordered that he be given something.”
Both al-Bukhārī and Muslim record this narration (6) through Mālik.
Imām Aḥmad also reports: Zayd ibn Ḥabbāb told us; Muḥammad ibn Hilāl al-Qurashī informed me, from his father, that he heard Abū Hurayrah say:
“We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque. When he rose, we rose with him. A Bedouin came and said, ‘Give me something, O Muḥammad.’ He replied, ‘No—and I seek Allah’s forgiveness.’ The man then pulled him by his belt and scratched him. The Companions wanted to deal with him, but the Prophet said, ‘Leave him.’ He then gave him something. Abū Hurayrah added, ‘His customary oath was, “No—and I seek Allah’s forgiveness.”’” (7)