Hadith no. (280): I declared it sound there on the authority of Abū Naḍrah and others from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, in a very concise wording:

“kan Rasūl Allāh ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam yūṣīn​ā bikum; yaʿnī: ṭalabata al-ḥadīth” ("The Messenger of Allah would charge us to look after you—meaning the students of ḥadīth").

I graded it weak in Mishkāt because it comes through Abū Hārūn al-ʿAbdī—who stands accused of fabricating ḥadīth—on the authority of Abū Saʿīd with a much longer wording:

“qāla Rasūl Allāh ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam: inna al-nās lakum tabaʿ, wa-inna rijālan yaʾtūnakum min aqṭār al-arḍ yatafaqqahūna fī al-dīn; fa-idhā atawkum fa-istawṣū bihim khayran” ("The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The people depend on you, and men will come to you from the farthest regions of the earth seeking understanding of the religion; when they arrive, treat them kindly.’").

Because the two versions differ in both chain and wording, they must, of necessity, receive different rulings—authentication for the first, weakening for the second. Yet the unjust aggressor (p. 60) has the audacity to call this a contradiction! Reflect on this, O people of insight!

Hadith no. (230): I cited it there through Abū Dāwūd and others, adding: “wa-aṣluhu fī Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī …” (“its root is in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī…”).

The same aggressor then objected (p. 186): “So he says, whereas the ḥadīth in its entirety, word for word, is in al-Bukhārī (no. 783). His deception is quite enough …” and so on with his defamation.

This is an obvious lie that could proceed only from a habitual, sinful fabricator. Although the narration is indeed found in al-Bukhārī under the number he cited, his spite led him to hide its actual wording, thereby misleading his readers. Here it is: