It was transmitted by Aḥmad (5/272), whose wording is given here; Abū Dāwūd (3090); Ibn Saʿd in al-Ṭabaqāt (7/477); al-Bukhārī likewise in al-Tārīkh (1/1/73); Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in al-Maraḍ wa-al-Kaffārāt (folio 69/1); and al-Dūlābī in al-Kunā (1/27) (1)—all of them through Abū al-Malīḥ, from Muḥammad ibn Khālid. Through this route, it was also transmitted by Abū Yaʿlā and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr and al-Awsaṭ, as cited in al-Targhīb (4/147). Al-Ṭabarānī said: “No one narrated from Khālid except his son Muḥammad.”

I say: By this, he indicates that Khālid is unknown, as al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar explicitly stated in al-Taqrīb. The same applies to his son Muḥammad, for no one other than Abū al-Malīḥ narrated from him. Al-Dhahabī said in al-Mīzān: “Muḥammad ibn Khālid, from his father, from his grandfather Abū Khālid al-Sulamī: it is not known who any of these men are. Abū al-Malīḥ al-Raqqī narrated from him.”

The second report is from Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥumayd al-Zuraqī, from Abū ʿAqīl, the freedman of the Zuraqīs, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Iyās ibn Abī Fāṭimah, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Who would like to remain healthy and never fall ill?” We said, “We would, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Enough!” We recognized it from his expression. Then he said, “Would you like to be like roaming donkeys?” They said, “No, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Would you not like to be people who undergo trials and receive expiations?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) then said, “By Allah, Allah surely tests …”—to the end of the hadith.