It then became clear that he was al-Husayn ibn al-Rammas. Al-Bukhari and Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned him thus in their respective books, but neither offered any narrator criticism or accreditation of him. Al-Bukhari cited this hadith under his entry, with the wording: “He instructed us not to go to trouble for a guest beyond what we have, and to serve whatever is available.”

Note: The documentation of this hadith will be repeated below at 2440; excuse the repetition, though the later discussion contains some additional benefit.

2393 — “He forbade the harvesting of dates at night and the harvesting of crops at night.” Ja‘far ibn Muhammad said: “I think this was on account of the poor.”

Ibn al-A‘rabi narrated it in his Mu‘jam (folio 203/2), as did al-Bayhaqi (4/133) and al-Khatib in al-Tarikh (12/372), through several routes from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather—that is, al-Husayn—as a report attributed to the Prophet. I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission according to Muslim’s conditions. Al-Suyuti fell short in documenting its sources, attributing it only to al-Bayhaqi! He marked it merely as good, as al-Manawi noted; al-Manawi then followed him in al-Taysir, saying: “Its chain is good!”

Al-jadad, also pronounced al-jidad, means the cutting of date-palm fruit.

2394 — “He forbade two eating-related practices: sitting at a table upon which wine is being drunk, and a man’s eating while lying prone on his stomach.”

Abu Dawud (3774), al-Hakim (4/129), and Ibn Majah (3370) narrated its second part from Ja‘far ibn Burqan, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, who reported it. Al-Hakim said: