quarrelling with men.” That is, disputing and contending with them. The verb laḥā means to blame and reproach a man, while lāḥā means to dispute and quarrel with him.

1790 — “There will be rulers whose words are not answered; they will plunge into the Fire, following one another.”

Abū Yaʿlā recorded it in his Musnad (4/1779) through Hishām ibn Saʿd, from Ibn ʿUqbah, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, say this.

I say: This is a good chain, were it not for the fact that I do not know Ibn ʿUqbah. However, he has been corroborated. Abū Yaʿlā also recorded it (4/1781) through Ḍimām ibn Ismāʿīl al-Maʿāfirī, from Abū Qubayl, who said:

“Muʿāwiyah addressed us one Friday and said: ‘The wealth belongs to us, and the fayʾ—property acquired without fighting—belongs to us. We give to whomever we wish and withhold from whomever we wish.’ No one answered him. When the second Friday came, he said the same thing, and no one answered him. Then, when the third Friday came, he said the same thing. A man from among those who attended the mosque stood up and said to him: ‘No indeed! The wealth belongs to us, and the fayʾ belongs to us. Whoever prevents it from reaching us, we shall take him to task with our swords.’

“When he had prayed, he ordered that the man be brought in to him, seated him beside him on the couch, and then admitted the people. He then said: ‘O people, I spoke on the first Friday and no one answered me; then on the second, and no one answered me. But when the third came, this man revived me—may Allah grant him life. I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, say: “There will come people who speak and are not answered; they will plunge into the Fire as monkeys plunge headlong.” I feared that Allah might make me one of them. But when this man answered me, he revived me—may Allah grant him life—and I hoped that Allah would not make me one of them.’”

Al-Ṭabarānī recorded the Prophet-attributed portion of it in al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ (no. 5444), and the additional wording is found in his version. He said: “No one narrated it from Abū Qubayl except Ḍimām.”