“There is no harm in his hadith.” Ibn Hibban listed him in al-Thiqat. It is corroborated by the hadith of Aisha, attributed to the Prophet: “The inhabitants of a house in which there are no dates are hungry.” Muslim (6/123) and others recorded it.

1777 — “Maintain your ties of kinship, even if only by greeting.”

Waki‘ recorded it in al-Zuhd (2/74/2): Mujammi‘ ibn Yahya al-Ansari related to us from Suwayd ibn ‘Amir al-Ansari, attributing it to the Prophet with this wording. Ibn Hibban also recorded it in al-Thiqat (1/75), as did al-Quda‘i in Musnad al-Shihab (fol. 55/1) and Ibn ‘Asakir in Tarikh Dimashq (16/132/2), through other routes from Mujammi‘ with this wording.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission, though it is mursal. Ibn Hibban mentioned it in the biography of this Suwayd and said: “Suwayd ibn ‘Amir ibn Yazid—the original text reads: Zayd—ibn Jariyah al-Ansari was from Medina. He narrated mursal reports and heard from Shumus bint al-Nu‘man, who was a female Companion.”

‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Umar al-Dimashqi also recorded it in al-Fawa’id (1/223/1), as did al-Quda‘i, through ‘Isa ibn Yunus, from Mujammi‘ ibn Yahya, who said: “A man from the Ansar related it to me.”

Abu ‘Ubayd recorded it in Gharib al-Hadith (fol. 62/1), through al-Fazari, Marwan ibn Mu‘awiyah, from Mujammi‘ ibn Yahya al-Ansari, from someone who related it to him, attributing it to the Prophet.

I say: In sum, the chain is authentically mursal, except that some of them did not name its mursal transmitter. The others named him, making it clear that he was trustworthy.