I say: Rather, he is abandoned and accused of lying. But he is not the narrator of this hadith; rather, it is al-Qari, as Ibn Nasr’s aforementioned narration explicitly states.

1108 — “There will never cease to be a group from my ummah fighting for the command of Allah, prevailing over their enemy. Those who oppose them will not harm them, until the Hour comes upon them while they remain upon that.”

Muslim narrated it (6/54) through Abd al-Rahman ibn Shumasah al-Mahri, who said: I was with Maslamah ibn Makhlad, and Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As was with him. Abd Allah said: “The Hour will come only upon the worst of people. They are worse than the people of the Age of Ignorance: whatever they ask Allah for, He turns it back against them.” While they were thus speaking, Uqbah ibn Amir came. Maslamah said to him, “Uqbah, listen to what Abd Allah is saying.” Uqbah replied, “He knows better. But I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say”—and he then mentioned the hadith.

Abd Allah said, “Yes; then Allah will send a wind like the scent of musk, whose touch is as soft as silk. It will not leave any soul with even the weight of a grain of faith in his heart without taking him; then the worst of people will remain, and the Hour will come upon them.”

Al-Hakim included it in his Mustadrak (4/456–457) as something Muslim had omitted, but he was mistaken.

1109 — “Never insult anyone, and never regard any act of kindness as insignificant. When you speak to your brother, do so with a cheerful face, for that is an act of kindness. Raise your lower garment to the middle of the shin; and if you refuse, then to the ankles. Beware of letting the lower garment hang below the ankles, for that is arrogance, and Allah does not love arrogance. If a man insults and shames you for something he knows about you, then do not shame him for something you know about him; the sin of that will be upon him.”

Abu Dawud (2/179), al-Tirmidhi (2/120), and al-Dulabi in al-Kuna wa al-Asma (p. 66) narrated it through Abu Ghifar, who said: Abu Tamimah al-Hujaymi narrated to us, from Abu Jurayy Jabir ibn Sulaym, who said: I saw a man whose opinion the people followed: he said nothing without their following it. I asked, “Who is this?” They said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.” I said, “Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah,” twice,