It was narrated by Ibn Mājah (2/70), al-Ṭaḥāwī in Sharḥ al-Maʿānī (2/403), and Ibn Mandah in al-Maʿrifah (2/323/1), through al-Layth ibn Saʿd, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-Anṣārī—a man from the descendants of Kaʿb ibn Mālik—from his father, from his grandfather: His grandmother Khayrah, the wife of Kaʿb ibn Mālik, came to the Messenger of Allah with some of her jewelry and said, “I have given this in charity.” The Messenger of Allah then spoke the aforementioned words to her. “Did you ask Kaʿb’s permission?” he asked. She replied, “Yes.” So the Messenger of Allah sent for Kaʿb ibn Mālik and asked, “Did you permit Khayrah to give her jewelry in charity?” He replied, “Yes.” Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah accepted it from her.

Al-Ṭaḥāwī said: “This is an anomalous hadith that is not established.” Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr said: “Its chain of transmission is weak and cannot serve as proof.”

I say: Its hidden defect lies in ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-Anṣārī and his father, for both are unknown, as stated in al-Taqrīb. It has another corroborating report from the hadith of Wāthilah, which has already appeared under no. 776. There I answered an objection that some raise concerning this hadith: namely, where the husband exercises arbitrary authority over his wife. Refer to it there.

826 — “That was Gabriel, who appeared to me at the side of al-Ḥarrah and said: ‘Give your community the glad tidings that whoever dies without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise.’ I said, ‘O Gabriel, even if he steals and commits adultery?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Even if he steals and commits adultery?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Even if he steals and commits adultery?’ He said, ‘Yes, even if he drinks wine.’”