Third: Anas reported: “It was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, who is forbidden to the Fire?’ He replied, ‘The gentle, mild, easy-going, and approachable person.’” Al-Ṭabarānī recorded it through al-Ḥārith ibn ʿUbaydah, from Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, from Ḥumayd, from Anas. He said: “No one narrated it from Ḥumayd except Muḥammad, and no one narrated it from him except al-Ḥārith.”

I say: Abū Ḥātim said, “He is not strong.” Al-Dāraqutnī said, “Weak.” Ibn Ḥibbān included him in The Reliable Narrators.

I say: In sum, the hadith is authentic when all these supporting reports are considered together. And Allah knows best.

939 — “The believer who associates with people and patiently bears their harm is better than one who does not associate with people and does not patiently bear their harm.”

Ibn Mājah recorded it with a good chain of transmission from Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with him. It is also recorded by al-Tirmidhī, except that he did not name the Companion. This is how it appears in Bulūgh al-Marām (4/314, with its commentary).

I say: There are several issues with this attribution. First, this wording is found neither in Ibn Mājah nor in al-Tirmidhī. As for the former, it is recorded by him