I say: Rather, it is only good, for Kathir ibn Zayd—who was an Aslami—has been criticised on account of his memory.
2644 — “Shall I not direct you to a charity whose placement Allah loves? Reconciling people with one another, for it is a charity whose placement Allah loves.”
Al-Asbahani narrated it in al-Targhib (p. 50) through the route of Abu Umayyah: Kathir ibn Hisham informed us, from Abu [sic] al-Masʿudi, from Abu Janab, from a man, from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari—may Allah be pleased with him—attributed to the Prophet.
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He then narrated it through the route of Ibn Abi al-Dunya: Muhammad ibn ʿUthman al-ʿIjli related to me: Khalid ibn Makhlad informed us, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar, from ʿUmar, the freedman of Ghifarah, from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, with similar wording.
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Also through his route: Ishaq ibn Ismaʿil informed us; Jarir informed us, from Yahya ibn Saʿid, from Ismaʿil ibn Abi Hakim, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ... Then he cited it as a mursal report.
I say: All these chains are weak. As for the first, it is beset by the following defects: first, the unknown identity of the unnamed man; second, the weakness of Abu Janab, whose name was Yahya ibn Abi Hayyah. Al-Hafiz said: “They declared him weak because of his frequent concealment in transmission.” Third, al-Masʿudi, whose name was ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUtbah ibn Masʿud al-Kufi. Al-Hafiz said: