Ahmad reported it (6/79) with a good chain of transmission, as al-Mundhiri stated in al-Targhīb (2/22), and al-Hafiz followed him in al-Fatḥ (3/221)—were it not for al-Muttalib’s use of the ambiguous transmission formula, for he frequently practiced concealment in transmission, as stated in al-Taqrīb. Moreover, they differed over whether his having heard directly from ‘A’ishah is established: Abu Hatim denied it, while Abu Zur‘ah said, “We hope that he heard from her.”

In sum, the hadith, taken together with all these chains, is good at the very least.

898 — “Exercise moderation in seeking worldly provision, for everyone is facilitated toward that for which he was created.”

Ibn Majah (2/3), Ibn Abi ‘Asim in al-Sunnah (fol. 34/2), al-Hakim (2/3), al-Bayhaqi (5/264), and Abu Nu‘aym in al-Hilyah (3/265) reported it through Rabi‘ah ibn Abi ‘Abd al-Rahman, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Sa‘id al-Ansari, from Abu Humayd al-Sa‘idi, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. Al-Hakim said: “Authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs.” Al-Dhahabi concurred.

I say: Rather, it meets the criterion of Muslim alone, for al-Bukhari did not include any of the narrations of this ‘Abd al-Malik.

899 — “Allah loves one who is accommodating in selling, accommodating in buying, and accommodating in settling debts.”

Al-Tirmidhi reported it (2/273—Tuhfah): Abu Kurayb informed us; Ishaq ibn Sulayman related to us; from Mughīrah ibn Muslim; from Yunus; from al-Hasan; from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. He said: