Al-Harith—a man of Quraysh who was in Syria—heard that Abu Dharr was in need, so he sent him 300 dinars. Abu Dharr said: “Could he find no servant of Allah more insignificant in his eyes than I? I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say...” Then he mentioned something similar. Yet the household of Abu Dharr had forty dirhams, forty sheep, and two servants. Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash said: “That is, two attendants.”

I say: This is a good mursal chain of transmission, because Ibn Sirin did not meet Abu Dharr, as Abu Hatim stated. Al-Haythami said (9/331): “Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, apart from Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yunus, who is trustworthy.” He overlooked the break in the chain to which I have referred; nevertheless, as corroborating evidence, it is a good chain of transmission.

1720 — “No one loves you except a believer, and no one hates you except a hypocrite.”

Muslim (1/61), al-Nasa’i (2/271), al-Tirmidhi (2/301), Ibn Majah (114), Ahmad (1/84, 95, and 128), and al-Khatib in al-Tarikh (14/426) recorded it through several routes from al-A‘mash, from Adi ibn Thabit, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, attributed to the Prophet.

I say: It has a corroborating narration from Umm Salamah, attributed to the Prophet, with the same wording. Al-Tirmidhi (2/299) and Ahmad (6/293) recorded it. Al-Tirmidhi said: “It is a good, singular hadith.”

1721 — “I relate a hadith to you; so let those of you who are present convey it to those who are absent.”

Al-Daylami (1/2/317) recorded it through Abu Nu‘aym, from Isma‘il ibn Abd Allah, from Isa ibn al-Harith al-Madhhiji, from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, attributed to the Prophet.