“It has two black spots.” He added at its end: “Then it will pursue him with the rest of its body.”

Its chain of transmission is authentic, provided that al-Hasan—the Basran—heard it from Abu Hurayrah directly. All its narrators are trustworthy narrators relied upon by the two Shaykhs. It also has a fourth chain of transmission. Ahmad recorded it (2/530), saying: Ali ibn Hafs narrated to us; Warqa' informed us from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, with a similar report.

This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy narrators relied upon by the two Shaykhs, except for Ali ibn Hafs, who was al-Mada'ini; al-Bukhari did not include him. Thus, it meets Muslim’s conditions. Muslim also recorded it (3/73) from Jabir ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari in a report attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. He said: “When it comes to him, he flees from it, and it calls out to him: ‘Take your treasure which you hoarded, for I have no need of it.’ When he realizes that there is no escape from it, he puts his hand into its mouth, and it crushes it as a male camel does.”

559 — “Whatever reaches the threshold at which zakat is due, and its zakat is paid, is not hoarded wealth.”

Abu Dawud recorded it (1564) through Attab ibn Bashir, from Thabit ibn Ajlan, from Ata, from Umm Salama, who said: “I used to wear gold ornaments, so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, does this constitute hoarded wealth?’ He said …” He then cited it.

I say: This chain of transmission is weak and contains three defects. First, there is a break between Ata—who was Ibn Abi Rabah—and Umm Salama, for he did not hear from her, as Ahmad and Ibn al-Madini stated. Second, Thabit ibn Ajlan is disputed concerning; al-Uqayli included him in al-Du'afa (p. 63) and said: “Abdullah ibn Ahmad narrated to us: I asked my father about Thabit ibn Ajlan. He said: ‘He would sometimes be