His paternal uncles constitute a group whose unknown status is offset by their collective number. He also narrated from his paternal uncle, ʿUthmān ibn Abī Ḥāzim al-Bajalī, whom al-Ḥāfiẓ classified as acceptable in al-Taqrīb. This may be why al-Ḥāfiẓ passed over it without comment in Fath al-Bārī (6/131) and considered it consistent with al-Bukhārī’s heading in his Ṣaḥīḥ: “Chapter: If a people embrace Islam in the abode of war and possess property and lands, these belong to them.”

1231 — “When a man points a weapon at his brother, they are on the brink of Hell. If he kills him, they both fall into it.”

Al-Ṭayālisī narrated it in his Musnad (1/289/1468, according to its arrangement): Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Manṣūr, from Ribʿī ibn Ḥirāsh, from Abū Bakrah, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. Al-Nasāʾī also narrated it (2/176) through al-Ṭayālisī.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission meeting the criteria of both al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Muslim (8/170), Ibn Mājah (2/471), and Aḥmad (5/41) also narrated it through other chains from Shuʿbah, with similar wording. The wording of Muslim and Aḥmad is: “If one of two Muslims bears arms against his brother, he is on the brink of Hell; and if one kills the other, they both enter it.” In another hadith of Abū Bakrah: “It was said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, this is the killer—but what of the one killed?’ He said, ‘He intended to kill his companion.’” Al-Bukhārī and Muslim both narrated it.

1232 — “When a Muslim servant falls ill, Allah, Most High, says to those who record his deeds: ‘Record for him the best of what he used to do while he was well, until I restore him to health.’”

Aḥmad (2/205) and Abū Nuʿaym in al-Ḥilyah (8/309) narrated it through several routes from Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, who said: