“Truthful, but prone to frequent errors.” However, it has a supporting report narrated by Yaʿqub, from Jaʿfar ibn Abi al-Mughirah, from Ibn Abza, from ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: When he was under siege, ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr said to him, “I have fine camels that I have prepared for you. Would you be willing to move to Mecca, so that whoever wishes to come to you may come?” He replied, “No. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘A ram from Quraysh, named ʿAbd Allah, will violate the sanctity of Mecca; he shall bear the equivalent of half the people’s sins.’”

Ahmad narrated it (1/64), and its narrators are trustworthy, as al-Haythami said. Yet both this Jaʿfar—namely, Jaʿfar ibn Abi al-Mughirah al-Khuzaʿi al-Qummi—and Yaʿqub—namely, Yaʿqub ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Qummi—were described by al-Hafiz as: “Truthful, but liable to err.” Thus, the hadith is good in al-Bazzar’s wording and authentic in Ahmad’s wording.

2463 — “Whomever Allah promises a reward for a deed, He will surely fulfill it for him; and whomever He promises punishment for a deed, He has the choice regarding him.”

Abu Yaʿla narrated it in his Musnad (2/838), Ibn Abi ʿAsim in al-Sunnah (960—edited by me), and ʿAbd Allah al-Baghawi in Hadith Hudbah ibn Khalid (1/no. 55). They said: Hudbah narrated to us; Suhayl ibn Abi Hazm al-Qutaʿi narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, attributed to the Prophet with this wording.

It was also narrated by al-Qasim al-Saraqasti in Gharib al-Hadith (2/109/2), Abu al-Husayn al-Abnusi in al-Fawaʾid (6/2), Ibn ʿAdi in al-Kamil (189/1), Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi in Miftah al-Maʿani (110/2 and 354/2), and al-Wahidi in al-Wasit (1