1971 – Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣāʿid narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us—

1972 – And I, Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī, narrated: ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us; he said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Wāṣil, from al-Maʿrūr, who said: I heard Abū Dharr relate from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, “Gabriel came to me and gave me the glad tidings that whoever from your community dies without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise.” I asked, “Even if he committed adultery and even if he stole?” He replied, “Even if he committed adultery and even if he stole.” ⦗1132⦘ The wording given is that of Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd’s report; Muḥammad ibn Bashshār’s version does not contain the phrase “even if he committed adultery and even if he stole,” up to the end of the ḥadīth. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim.