Al-Hafiz also said in al-Fath (2/393, al-Khatib edition): “The hadith is authentic, but it does not meet al-Bukhari’s criterion. Muslim recorded it through Abu al-Zubayr...” Al-Suyuti cited it in al-Ziyadah ‘ala al-Jami‘ al-Saghir with the wording: “When one of you comes for the Friday prayer, he should not make anyone rise from his seat and then sit in it.” He said: “Al-Khara’iti narrated it in Makarim al-Akhlaq from Jabir.”
- “If someone comes to you seeking the price of a dog, fill his hands with dust.”
Abu Dawud (2/250, al-Halabi edition), al-Bayhaqi (6/6), and Ahmad (1/278, 289, and 350) narrated it through Ubayd Allah ibn Amr, from Abd al-Karim, from Qays ibn Hibtar, from Ibn Abbas, who reported that the Messenger of Allah forbade the price of wine, the earnings of a prostitute, and the price of a dog, and said the above.
I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic; all its narrators are trustworthy. Abd al-Karim is al-Raqqi.
- “When a man comes to visit a sick person, let him say: ‘O Allah, heal Your servant, so that he may wound an enemy for Your sake or walk to a prayer.’” In another narration: “...or to a funeral.”
Abu Dawud (2/166–167), Ibn al-Sunni (541), al-Hakim (1/344 and 549), and Ahmad (2/172) narrated it through Ibn Wahb, who said: Hayy ibn Abd Allah informed me, from Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli, from Abd Allah ibn Amr—may Allah be pleased with them—that the Messenger of Allah said the above. Al-Hakim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic,” adding in the first place: “According to Muslim’s criterion.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, but this is not so, for Hayy ibn Abd Allah