(4/43): one from Ibn Abbās, whose chain he graded good, and another from Ā’isha. A third corroborating report is from Jābir; Ibn Hibbān transmitted it (1083).

149—(The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, related to his Companions the story of a man who found a dog in the desert, panting and eating dust from thirst. He went to a well, removed his leather sock, and filled it with water until the dog had drunk its fill. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Allah appreciated his deed and forgave him.” Al-Bukhārī.) 117.

Authentic. Muslim also transmitted it. It is narrated from Abū Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, and is documented in Silsilat al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha (29).

150—(The Prophet of Islam, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Charity is not lawful for the rich or for one who is strong and able-bodied.” Al-Tirmidhī.) p. 122

Authentic. It is narrated from Abū Saīd al-Khudrī and others, and is documented in al-Irwā’ (869).

151—(He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “One who begs without being in need is like one who gathers burning coals.” Al-Bayhaqī and Ibn Khuzayma in his Sahīh.) p. 122

Authentic. Al-Tahāwī transmitted it in Sharh al-Maānī (1/306), as did Ahmad (4/165) and al-Tabarānī in al-Mujam al-Kabīr (1/172/2–173/1), through several routes from Isrā’īl, from Abū Ishāq, from Hubshī ibn Junāda, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said—and he then related a similar wording. All the narrators in this chain are trustworthy narrators of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. However, Abū Ishāq—whose name was Amr ibn Abdullah al-Sabīī—practised concealment in transmission and later suffered memory deterioration. Yet it has another chain, transmitted by al-Tabarānī through Mujālid and Jābir, from al-Shabī, from Hubshī ibn Junāda, with the same report. Al-Haythamī mentioned it in al-Majma (3/96) in two wordings and said: “Both were narrated