And Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him—said:

Section: Baseless hadiths that some jurists cite as evidence for certain positions

Among these is their claim that he “forbade a sale coupled with a stipulation.” This is a baseless hadith, found in none of the Muslims’ books; it is related only in an account with a broken chain of transmission.

Another is their claim that he “forbade the miller’s measure.” This too is baseless.

Another is the hadith concerning the muhallil (a third entrant intended to make wagering lawful), involving the entry of a horse between two horses. This is known to be a statement of Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyib himself. That is how al-Zuhrī’s reliable students transmitted it: from al-Zuhrī, from Sa‘īd. Sufyān ibn Husayn erred by narrating it from al-Zuhrī, from Sa‘īd, from Abū Hurayrah, attributing it to the Prophet. Hadith scholars know that these are not the words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī and other scholars have noted this.