as well as al-Ḥākim and Ibn ʿAsākir in Tārīkh Dimashq (19/84/1–2), through al-Qāsim ibn Mukhaymirah, who reported that Abū Maryam al-Azdī informed him, saying: “I visited Muʿāwiyah, and he said, ‘What a blessing it is to have you with us, Abū So-and-So!’—an expression used by the Arabs. I said, ‘I shall tell you of a hadith that I heard: I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, say...’” Then he mentioned it.

Al-Ḥākim said: “Its chain of transmission is an authentic Syrian chain.” Al-Dhahabī agreed with him, and it is as they said. It also has a supporting report from the hadith of Muʿādh, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. Aḥmad recorded it (5/238) with a chain which al-Mundhirī (3/141) described as “good.” However, it is only good in light of the supporting reports, because its chain includes Sharīk the judge, who had poor retention. Al-Haythamī said in al-Majmaʿ (5/210): “It was reported by Aḥmad and al-Ṭabarānī, and the narrators in Aḥmad’s chain are trustworthy!”

630 — “Rather, it is a loan that must be returned.”

It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (2/266), al-Nasāʾī, as cited in al-Muḥallā (9/173), Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ (1173), and Aḥmad (4/222), from Ḥibbān ibn Hilāl, who said: Hammām ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us; Qatādah narrated to us from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, from Ṣafwān ibn Yaʿlā ibn Umayyah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, said to me: “When my messengers come to you, give them thirty coats of mail and thirty camels.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, is it a guaranteed loan or a loan that must be returned?” He said... Then he mentioned it. Ibn Ḥazm said: