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Section Seven – from “weak in its entirety” to “weak, excluding what is between the brackets”

303 – The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by two gatherings in his mosque and said, “Both are engaged in goodness, yet one of them is superior to the other. These people are supplicating to Allah and turning to Him in hope; if He wills, He grants them, and if He wills, He withholds. Those others are studying fiqh (jurisprudence) and knowledge and are teaching the ignorant; they are superior. [Indeed, I was only sent as a teacher.]”

Reported by al-Dārimī, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar.
First ruling: weak in its entirety — al-Ḍaʿīfa (11), al-Mishkāt (257).
Final ruling: weak, excluding what is between the brackets — al-Ṣaḥīḥa under (3593).

304 – “Do not sell singing slave-girls, nor purchase them, nor teach them; there is no good in trading in them, and their price is unlawful. [And regarding such matters the following verse was revealed: ‘And among the people is he who purchases idle talk so that he may mislead others from the path of Allah.’]”

Reported by al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah, from Abū Umāmah.
First ruling: weak in its entirety — Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (6189).
Final ruling: weak, excluding what is between the brackets — al-Ṣaḥīḥa under (2922); Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tirmidhī (1282-3195).

This concludes this section.