Note: Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir attributed this hadith of Ibn ʿAbbas to Muslim through the route of ʿAbd al-Razzaq: “Makhlad ibn Malik narrated to us; Yahya ibn Saʿid al-Umawi narrated to us; Ibn Jurayj narrated to us from ʿAmr ibn Dinar, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbas.” It is in al-Bukhari, from his shaykh Makhlad ibn Malik, with the chain of transmission mentioned above. In my view, attributing it to Muslim is an error, for this Makhlad is not among Muslim’s narrators. Al-ʿAyni said in his comments on it: “It is one of al-Bukhari’s exclusive reports. Al-Hakim erred when he said that Muslim narrated from him, since no one has listed him among Muslim’s narrators.”

Furthermore, what draws attention is Ibn Kathir’s statement: “Muslim narrated it through the route of ʿAbd al-Razzaq: Makhlad narrated to us...” For this ʿAbd al-Razzaq, Ibn Hammam, belonged to an earlier generation than Makhlad ibn Malik and narrated directly from Ibn Jurayj, without an intermediary. He was d. 211 AH, whereas Makhlad ibn Malik was d. 241 AH. I therefore fear that a copyist’s corruption has occurred at this point in a copy of al-Bidayah, which is also defective in many passages, as is apparent to anyone who examines it.

Second note: Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: “The hadith of Abu Hurayrah and this hadith of Ibn ʿAbbas are Companion mursal reports, since neither of them witnessed the event”—meaning the Battle of Uhud, during which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was bloodied—“so it appears that they received it from someone who witnessed it, or heard it from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, afterward.” The hadith is corroborated by another report with the wording: “The people most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection are a man killed by a prophet or who killed a prophet, an imam of misguidance, and an image-maker among image-makers.”

1461 — “Defend your honor with your wealth.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, how are we to defend our honor with our wealth?” He said: “Give money to the poet and to anyone whose tongue you fear.”

Al-Sahmi narrated it in Tarikh Jurjan (182), and al-Daylami (2/154), through Sahl ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Jurjani: Muhammad ibn Mutarrif narrated to us from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He cited it in Sahl’s biographical entry, without mentioning any criticism or favourable evaluation of him; and in my view, he is