servants, saying, “May Allah curse him!”—a word I would not have liked to say. This is how it is recorded, though the correct reading is perhaps: “a word I would not have liked him to say.” Ibn Abi al-Dunya recorded it (2/14/1) with an authentic chain of transmission. Al-Bayhaqi also narrated it similarly, adding: “Then he set him free.”

Note: Two errors have been made by some regarding this report. First, al-Mundhiri, in al-Targhib (3/287), attributed this hadith to al-Tirmidhi on the authority of Abdullah ibn Masud, whereas it is from Ibn Umar. The hadith of Ibn Masud is more complete than this one, and I have documented it in Takhrij al-Sunnah, no. 1014.

The other error is that the chain of transmission in the Daas edition of al-Tirmidhi appears as: “from Kathir, from Zayd ibn Salim.” This is a gross scribal corruption; the correct wording is: “from Kathir ibn Zayd, from Salim.” Whoever possesses a copy should correct it. The hadith also has a supporting report from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, with the wording: “It is not fitting for a friend to be given to cursing.” It is documented in al-Taʿliq al-Raghib (3/286).

2637 — “Whoever leaves behind two dinars has left behind two cauterizations.”

Al-Bayhaqi recorded it in al-Shuʿab (2/335/1) through al-Rabiʿ ibn Nafiʿ, from Muhammad ibn al-Muhajir, from his father, from Asma bint Yazid ibn al-Sakan, who said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him...” and then cited it. I say: This is a good chain of transmission; its narrators are well-known and reliable, apart from al-Muhajir—who was Ibn Abi