“ʿAbd al-Salām ibn Ḥarb narrated to us, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Farwah, from Salamah ibn Abī Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from his father, from him.” He said: “It is narrated from Abū Saʿīd only through this chain of transmission; Abū Bilāl alone narrated it.”
I say: His name was Mirdās ibn Muḥammad. Al-Dāraquṭnī and al-Ḥākim declared him weak, while Ibn Ḥibbān included him among the trustworthy narrators and said: “He narrates odd reports.” Al-Haythamī likewise found fault with it on his account (1/104), saying: “He is weak.” Yet criticizing it on account of Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Farwah is more warranted, for he is abandoned and extremely weak.
- On the authority of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, who said: The Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, ascended the pulpit and said: “Receive glad tidings: whoever performs the five daily prayers and avoids the seven grave sins will be called from the gates of Paradise.” He was asked, “Did you hear the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, mention them?” He replied, “Yes...” and then listed exactly the same as the hadith of ʿAlī.
Al-Ḥāfiẓ cited it in this manner in al-Fatḥ (12/182), from the narration of Ismāʿīl al-Qāḍī, through al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥanṭab, from him. This al-Muṭṭalib was truthful, but frequently transmitted reports with omitted links and practised concealment in transmission, as stated in al-Taqrīb.
Al-Ḥāfiẓ then cited another wording of ʿAlī’s hadith, which includes: “reverting to Bedouin life after the Hijrah.” He attributed it to Ibn Abī Ḥātim, through Mālik ibn Ḥurayth, from him. This is how the name Ḥurayth appears there. In the Tafsīr of Ibn Kathīr, however, it appears as Jarīr. Ibn Kathīr gave its chain of transmission through Ibn Abī Ḥātim, and its chain is authentic; its narrators are all narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ, except for this Mālik. And I think