And Yunus ibn Rashid was truthful; no one criticized him in any discrediting manner. As for ʿAwn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned him (3/386), noting that two others narrated from him, but did not cite any criticism or accreditation concerning him. He therefore meets Ibn Hibban’s criterion for inclusion in his al-Thiqat; it should be consulted. I then found him included there (7/279). Al-Mundhiri graded its chain of transmission as good, stating in al-Targhib (3/115): “Al-Tabarani narrated it with a good chain of transmission.” Al-Haythami said (5/96): “Al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Kabir and al-Awsat. Its chain includes ʿAwn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, whom Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned. A group narrated from him, and no one criticized him; the rest of its narrators are trustworthy.” He overlooked Ibn Hibban’s declaration of his reliability. The hadith also has corroborating reports, by which it is strengthened, from Ibn ʿAbbas and Abu Hurayrah; they are documented in al-Targhib (3/115), al-Mishkah (4472), and al-Rawd al-Nadir (407).

2643 — “Indeed, among my ummah is one whom, if any of you came asking him for a dinar, he would not give it to him [and if he asked him for a dirham, he would not give it to him; and if he asked him for a fals, he would not give it to him]. Yet, if he asked Allah for Paradise, He would grant it to him: a man clad in two threadbare garments, whom no one takes notice of; were he to swear an oath by Allah, He would fulfill it for him.”

Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Awsat (2/177/2/7699—according to my numbering): Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-ʿAssal narrated to us: Sahl ibn ʿUthman informed us: Abu Muʿawiyah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Salim ibn Abi al-Jaʿd, from Thawban, attributed to the Prophet.