“Then I shall not compel you.”

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. All its narrators are among those relied upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim, apart from Abu al-Jahm—whose name was Sulayman ibn al-Jahm al-Harithi—who was trustworthy. It is corroborated by a similar report from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Muslim (6/10) and Ahmad (2/426) recorded it. “You have misappropriated it” derives from ghulul, meaning treachery involving war booty or public funds.

1577 — “Consider Quraysh: accept what they say”—in another version, “listen to what they say”—“and leave aside what they do.”

Al-Tahawi recorded it in Problematic Reports (4/205), as did Ahmad (4/260) and Ibn Abi Asim in al-Sunnah (no. 1543), through Mujalid, from al-Shabi, from Amir ibn Shahr, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say this.

I say: Mujalid is weak, but he was corroborated by Ismail ibn Abi Khalid, as recorded by Ibn Hibban (1568), Ibn al-Sammak in his Hadith Collection (5/96/1), al-Baghawi in The Hadith of Isa al-Shashi (111/1), Ibn Bishran in Dictations (52/1–2), and Abu Nuaym in Accounts of Isfahan (1/140). Ahmad likewise narrated it in one of his versions (3/428–429), linking him with Mujalid. Thus, the hadith is authentic, and all praise is due to Allah. Al-Diya also recorded it through Ahmad’s route in al-Mukhtarah (fol. 45/1).

Mansur ibn Abi al-Aswad contradicted this, saying: From Mujalid, from al-Shabi, who said: Maʿmar told me, “I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and heard him say...” Then he mentioned it.

Ibn Abi Hatim said (2/362):