It is not mentioned in al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr in al-Manāwī’s copy. Yet al-Fatḥ al-Kabīr cites it only as narrated in al-Ḥilyah, omitting its opening words, “I command you three things and forbid you three things.” Nor did it mark it with the letter (z), indicating that it belongs to the supplements to al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr. Perhaps this was omitted by the typesetter. And Allah knows best.
686 — “If the world were worth to Allah even the wing of a mosquito, He would not give a disbeliever from it even a drink of water.”
It has been reported from Sahl ibn Saʿd, Abū Hurayrah, ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar, ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās, and a group of the Companions; and in mursal form from al-Ḥasan and ʿAmr ibn Murrah.
- As for the hadith of Sahl, it is narrated by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Sulaymān, from Abū Ḥāzim, from him. He said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said it. It was narrated by al-Tirmidhī (2/52), Ibn ʿAdī (249/1), Abū Nuʿaym (3/253), and al-ʿUqaylī in al-Ḍuʿafāʾ (250), who said:
“ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Sulaymān, the brother of Fulayḥ— Ibn Maʿīn said: ‘He is of no consequence.’ Zakariyyā ibn Manẓūr corroborated him, though he is weaker than he.”
I say: Both are weak, as stated in al-Taqrīb. Thus, al-Tirmidhī’s statement immediately afterward, “An authentic, singular hadith through this route,” is unwarranted, because no one has declared this ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd trustworthy; rather, there is near consensus that he is weak. Had he declared it authentic—or at least good—on account of the corroborating report to which al-ʿUqaylī alluded and the supporting reports that will be discussed, that would have been correct.