and all scholars regard him as reliable and authoritative. Abd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym differed from him, narrating it from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Asma bint Yazid al-Ansariyya, who said: The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said—and he quoted the hadith. Ahmad (6/459) and Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in al-Samt (2/5/2) narrated it.
This discrepancy in its chain comes from Shahr himself: on one occasion he reported it from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Ghanm, and on another from Asma. If it did not originate with him, then the first version is correct, because Ibn Abī al-Husayn was more reliable and had a stronger memory than Ibn Khuthaym. Al-Mundhirī therefore said in al-Targhīb (3/295): “The hadith of Abd al-Rahmān is more authentic, and it has been said that he was a Companion.” Ibn Mandah also narrated it in al-Ma'rifa (fol. 27/1), from Shahr, from Ibn Ghanm.
The hadith has a corroborating report from Abū Hurayra, according to whom the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said: “The most beloved of you to Allah are those with the finest character: those who are gentle and hospitable, who feel affection for others and inspire affection in them. Those of you most hated by Allah are those who go about spreading malicious gossip, sowing division among brothers, and seeking out the faults of the innocent.” Ibn Abī al-Dunyā (2/5/2) narrated it by way of Sālih al-Murrī, from Sa'īd al-Jurayrī, from Abū Uthmān al-Nahdī, from him. Its narrators are reliable except for Sālih—namely, Ibn Bashīr al-Murrī—for he is weak. Perhaps this corroborating report raises the hadith to the grade of good. Allah knows best.
435 — (One day, Abd Allah ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—looked at the Kaaba and said: “How magnificent you are, and how great your sanctity! Yet the sanctity of the believer is greater than yours.”)
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Good. Al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Hibbān narrated it, and it is the remainder of the hadith cited previously under no. (414). This portion, as it appears in the book, is reported only as a statement of Ibn Umar. Ibn Mājah (3932) also narrated a similar report from Abd Allah ibn Umar, traced back to the Prophet. Its chain, however, is weak, as al-Mundhirī indicated (3/202).
436 — (During the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—addressed the assembled Muslims