Authentic. Ibn Hibbān (1166) and Ahmad (5/425) narrated it through Sulaymān ibn Bilāl, from Suhayl ibn Abī Sālih, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Saīd, from Abū Humayd al-Sāidī, who reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said it. He added: “He said that because of how strictly Allah has made one Muslim’s property inviolable to another Muslim.” In another narration by Ahmad: “It is not lawful for anyone to take his brother’s property without having a right to it, for Allah has made a Muslim’s property inviolable to another Muslim.” Al-Haythamī cited it in al-Majma (4/171) in both wordings and said: “Ahmad and al-Bazzār narrated it, and the narrators of both are narrators of the Sahīh.”

I say: It appears that this Abd al-Rahmān ibn Saīd is Abd al-Rahmān ibn Saīd ibn Yarbū al-Makhzūmī, Abū Muhammad al-Madanī. Only al-Bukhārī narrated from him, in al-Adab al-Mufrad, and he is trustworthy.

457—(He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah’s curse is upon the giver and the recipient of a bribe in matters of judgment.”

Narrated by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhī, and Ibn Hibbān in his Sahīh.) p. 321.

Good. Ahmad (2/387, 387–388), al-Tirmidhī (1/250), Ibn Hibbān (1196), and likewise al-Hākim (4/103), narrated it through Umar ibn Abī Salamah, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, who reported it. Al-Tirmidhī said: “A good, authentic hadith.” I say: Umar ibn Abī Salamah is the son of Abd al-Rahmān al-Zuhrī, and there is some weakness in him. Al-Hāfiz said: “Truthful, but he makes mistakes.” His hadith, however, is corroborated by the report that al-Tabarānī narrated with a good chain of transmission from Umm Salamah, stating that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “May Allah curse the giver and the recipient of a bribe in matters of judgment,” as cited in al-Targhīb (3/143).

458—(Thawbān reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the giver of a bribe, its recipient, and the intermediary between them. Narrated by Ahmad and al-Hākim.) p. 321.