Authentic. Ahmad narrated it (4/197): Abd al-Rahmān narrated to us: Mūsā ibn Ulayy narrated to us, from his father, who said: I heard Amr ibn al-Ās say:

“The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for me and said, ‘Put on your clothes, take up your arms, and come to me.’ I came to him while he was performing ablution. He looked me over from head to foot, then lowered his head and said, ‘I intend to place you in command of an army. Allah will keep you safe and grant you spoils, and I wish you to receive a goodly share of wealth.’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I did not embrace Islam for the sake of wealth. Rather, I embraced Islam out of a desire for Islam and to be with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).’ He said, ‘O Amr, excellent indeed....’”

Ahmad (4/202), Abū Yalā in his Musnad (q 2/348), al-Hākim (2/2), al-Baghawī in Sharh al-Sunnah (3/88/1), al-Qudāī in Musnad al-Shihāb (q 2/107), and Ibn Asākir in Tārīkh Dimashq (13/253/2) then narrated it through other routes from Mūsā ibn Ulayy, with the wording: “How excellent is wealth. . . .” Al-Hākim said, “Authentic according to Muslim’s criteria,” and al-Dhahabī concurred. It is as they stated. Ibn Hibbān (1089) also narrated it through this chain in an abridged form, using the first wording.

455—(He (peace be upon him) said: “The thief does not steal while he is a believer.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.) p. 320.

Authentic. It was narrated from Abū Hurayrah and is referenced in our notes on Ibn Abī Shaybah’s Kitāb al-Īmān, published together with three other treatises. See hadiths (38, 41, 61, 73).

456—(He (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: “It is not lawful for a Muslim to take another person’s stick without his willing consent.” Narrated by Ibn Hibbān in his Sahīh.) p. 320.