203 – “A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘So-and-so has a date-palm in my orchard and it is causing me harm … the one who is stingy with giving salām (greetings of peace).’
Narrated by Ahmad and by al-Ḥākim from Jābir.
Weak: Daʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (5069); later graded sound: al-Silsila al-Ṣaḥīḥa (3383).
204 – “Mikāʾīl has not laughed since the Fire was created.”
Narrated by Ahmad and by Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in Ṣifat al-Nār from Anas.
Weak: al-Silsila al-Ḍaʿīfa (4454); later graded sound: al-Silsila al-Ṣaḥīḥa (2511).
205 – “No one has ever done us a favor without our having repaid him, except Abū Bakr … your companion is Allah’s intimate friend.”
Narrated by al-Tirmidhī from Abū Hurayrah.
Weak: Daʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (5130); later graded sound: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (5661).