ibn Sulaym.” Ibn al-Qaṭṭān said: “He is truthful; thus, the hadith is good.”

It also has another weak route in al-Bazzār’s collection, from the hadith of Kathīr ibn Murrah, from Ibn Umar. (1)

I say: He limited himself to grading it good because Yaḥyā ibn Sulaym, although one of the narrators of the two Sahihs, had poor retention. Another such report is narrated from Abu Qatadah. Abu Dawud (1/227) and al-Hakim transmitted it through Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Saylaḥīnī: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from Thabit, from Abdullah ibn Rabah, from him. Al-Hakim said: “It is authentic according to Muslim’s criteria.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and it is as they said. Ibn Khuzaymah and al-Tabarani also transmitted it. It has other supporting reports whose chains contain weakness; whoever wishes may consult them in al-Talkhis and al-Majmaʿ (2/245).

2597 — “If it is as you say, it is as though you are making them swallow hot ashes, and Allah will continue to grant you support against them, so long as you remain as you are.”

Abu Ishaq al-Harbi narrated it in al-Gharib (5/64/2), from Zuhayr ibn Muhammad, from al-Ala’, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah: A man said, “Messenger of Allah, I have relatives: I maintain ties with them, but they cut me off; I treat them well, but they mistreat me; I show forbearance toward them, but they behave ignorantly toward me.” He then mentioned it.

I say: All its narrators are reliable, except that Zuhayr ibn Muhammad—Abu al-Mundhir al-Khurasani—has some weakness due to his retention.