Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Hamadhānī narrated to us: Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī narrated to us, from Mughīrah, from Ibrāhīm, from al-Aswad, from him.

I say: I do not know those below Abū Isḥāq—whose name was Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, a trustworthy hadith master.

Al-Suyūṭī attributed it to al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, from Ibn Masʿūd, while al-Manāwī left it blank!

In sum, the hadith is authentic and established in view of these supporting reports, since none of their chains contains anyone accused of dishonesty—especially as al-Tirmidhī and others graded some of them good. And Allah knows best.

958 — “The nations will soon call one another against you, just as diners invite one another to their dish.” Someone said, “Will that be because we shall be few at that time?” He said: “No; rather, you will be numerous at that time, but you will be like the scum carried by a torrent. Allah will remove from the hearts of your enemies their awe of you, and Allah will cast weakness into your hearts.” Someone said, “Messenger of Allah, what is weakness?” He said: “Love of worldly life and dislike of death.”

It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd (4297), al-Rūyānī in his Musnad (25/134/2), and Ibn ʿAsākir in The History of Damascus (8/97/2), through several routes from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir, who said: Abū al-Salām narrated to me, from Thawbān, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said it.

I say: This chain is acceptable for corroborative purposes, for Ibn Jābir is trustworthy and among the narrators of the two Ṣaḥīḥs. His shaykh, Abū al-Salām, is unknown, but he was not alone in narrating it: Abū Asmāʾ al-Raḥabī corroborated him, from Thawbān, with the same report. It was narrated by Aḥmad (5/278), Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in Punishments (62/1), Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Makhlad al-Bazzār in The Hadith of Ibn al-Sammāk (182–183), and Abū Nuʿaym in The Ḥilyah (1/182), from al-Mubārak ibn Fuḍālah, who said: Marzūq Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī narrated to us; Abū Asmāʾ al-Raḥabī informed us.

I say: This is a good chain; its narrators are trustworthy. The only concern regarding al-Mubārak is concealment in transmission, but since he