That, however, is not the case—even though al-Dhahabi endorsed the grading—for Ibn Isḥāq was a mudallis and here he transmits the report only with an ʿanʿana. Furthermore, Muslim does not rely on him independently; he cites him only when his narration is coupled with another transmitter or used as corroboration.

For this very reason it is related that, when the date-palm harvest arrived, the Anṣār would bring bunches of fresh dates from their orchards and hang them on a rope stretched between two columns in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the poor among the Emigrants would eat from them … (full report).

The continuation states: “Then one of them would come and insert a bunch that contained inferior dates (hashaf), thinking it permissible because so many bunches were being placed. Concerning whoever did that, the verse was revealed: ‘Do not deliberately select the defective part of it for charity’ (al-Baqarah 2:267), meaning: do not intentionally give away the hashaf; and: ‘Nor would you accept it yourselves unless you turned a blind eye to it’ (2:267), meaning: were it offered to you as a gift, you would only take it out of embarrassment toward the donor, resentful that he sent you something you had no need of; and: ‘Know that Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.’”

Ibn Mājah and al-Ḥākim recorded this through the isnād of Asbaṭ ibn Naṣr, from al-Suddī, from ʿAdī ibn Thābit, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, regarding the Almighty’s words, “and of that which We have brought forth for you from the earth; do not deliberately select the defective part of it for charity” (al-Baqarah 2:267); they cited the narration in full. Al-Ḥākim remarked, “Authentic according to the criteria of Muslim,” and al-Dhahabi concurred—and their judgment is sound. Ibn Jarīr and Ibn Mardawayh also transmitted it, as reported by Ibn Kathīr.