He then failed to point out that this addition is interpolated into it and is from the words of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, as indicated by the bracketed addition. In one narration recorded by Ahmad, it reads: “ʿAffān narrated to us; Ḥammād narrated to us”—with this chain. The chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim. Moreover, Ḥumayd explicitly stated that he heard it in Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb’s narration from him. He said: “I heard Anas ibn Mālik say: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘Tomorrow there will come to you people whose hearts are more tender toward Islam than yours.’” He said: “Then the Ashʿarīs arrived, among them Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī. When they drew near to Medina, they began chanting in rajaz verse:

‘Tomorrow we shall meet the beloved ones—
Muhammad and his Companions.’

When they arrived, they shook hands; thus, they were the first to introduce handshaking.” Ahmad narrated it (3:155, 223). I say: Its chain of transmission is likewise authentic according to the criteria of Muslim.

528 — “Do not curse the wind, for it is commanded; and whoever curses something that does not deserve it, the curse returns upon him.”

Abū Dāwūd narrated it (4708): Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Abān narrated to us—the hadith. And Zayd ibn Akhzam al-Ṭāʾī narrated to us: Bishr ibn ʿUmar narrated to us; Abān ibn Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār narrated to us; Qatādah narrated from Abū al-ʿĀliyah—Zayd said: from Ibn ʿAbbās—“that a man had his cloak pulled away by the wind during the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so he cursed it. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said …”

He then cited it. Al-Tirmidhī narrated it (1:357): Zayd ibn Akhzam al-Ṭāʾī al-Baṣrī narrated to us—with this chain. Al-Ṭabarānī also narrated it in al-Kabīr (3:175–176) through another route from Yazīd, with this chain. Ibn Ḥibbān (1988) and al-Bayhaqī in al-Shuʿab (2:102/1) also narrated it through the route of Abū