“Whoever honors Allah’s ruler in this world, Allah will honor him on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever humiliates Allah’s ruler in this world, Allah will humiliate him on the Day of Resurrection.”

Aḥmad recorded it (5/42, 48–49) in this complete wording, while al-Ṭayālisī (2/167) recorded its second half. Through al-Ṭayālisī’s route, Ibn Ḥibbān also recorded it in al-Thiqāt (4/259), as did al-Tirmidhī (2225), who said: “A good, singular hadith.”

I say: Its narrators are trustworthy, except for Ziyād ibn Kusayb, whom no one other than Ibn Ḥibbān declared trustworthy. In his biographical notice, Ibn Ḥibbān cited this hadith. Mustalim ibn Saʿīd also narrated from him, as mentioned in al-Tahdhīb. In al-Taqrīb, he said: “Acceptable.” I say: That is, when corroborated. He was corroborated regarding its first half in the first route; thus, in my view, the hadith is good. And Allah knows best.

2298—“Fighting a believer is an act of disbelief, insulting him is sinful depravity, and it is not lawful for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three days.”

Aḥmad (1/176), al-Ṭabarānī (1/18/2), and al-Ḍiyāʾ in al-Mukhtārah (1/338) recorded it through the route of ʿAbd al-Razzāq, who said: Maʿmar informed us, from Abū Isḥāq, from ʿUmar ibn Saʿd, who said: Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ narrated to us, attributing it to the Prophet. I say: This is a chain whose narrators are trustworthy and are among the narrators of the two Ṣaḥīḥs, apart from ʿUmar ibn Saʿd, who is truthful. He was corroborated regarding its final clause by his brother, Muḥammad ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ.