by al-Tabarānī in al-Kabīr. The narrators of the former are narrators of the Sahīh. The chain of the other narration includes Jābir al-Jufī, who has been criticized, although al-Thawrī and Shuba declared him trustworthy.”

I say: He overlooked the narration of Mujālid ibn Saīd, who is a better narrator than al-Jufī. Al-Tirmidhī transmitted it through him (1/127), and it is the hadith that follows.

152—(The Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever begs from people in order thereby to increase his wealth, his begging will take the form of scratches upon his face on the Day of Resurrection (1), and heated stones from Hell that he will eat. So let him ask for little if he wishes—or for much.” Al-Tirmidhī.) p. 122

Authentic. Al-Tirmidhī (1/127) and al-Tabarānī in al-Mujam al-Kabīr (2/172/1) transmitted it by way of Mujālid, from Āmir al-Shabī, from Hubshī ibn Junāda al-Salūlī, with the same report traced back to the Prophet. Al-Tirmidhī said:

“This hadith is singular through this route.”

I say: He regarded it as singular only because of Mujālid ibn Saīd al-Hamdānī. Al-Hāfiz said: “He is not strong, and his memory deteriorated toward the end of his life.” Al-Tabarānī also transmitted it through Mujālid in al-Awsat (1/89/1), by way of Hammād ibn Abī Sulaymān, from Mujālid, from al-Shabī, from Jābir, with the same report traced back to the Prophet. Al-Mundhirī said in al-Targhīb (3/2): “There is no objection to its chain.” That is what he said. Al-Haythamī said in al-Majma (3/96): “Its narrators have been declared trustworthy.” The hadith is nevertheless authentic. Its first half has a corroborating report from Ibn Masūd with an authentic chain, as I explained in al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha (495). As for its latter half, Mujālid was not alone in transmitting it; rather, it also came through another route from Hubshī ibn Junāda,