“No one narrated it from Ibn Thawban, from Abdah, except Abu al-Mutarrif. Others narrated it from Ibn Thawban, from Ata ibn Qurrah, from Abdullah ibn Damrah, from Abu Hurayrah.”

I say: This is more sound, because the two truthful narrators agree upon it, and because this Abu al-Mutarrif is unknown in the books of narrator criticism. Then I saw that al-Daraqutni had preceded me in this judgment, for he said in al-Ilal (5/89): “This is the sound version.” Al-Haythami said (1/122): “I have not seen anyone who mentioned him.”

I say: Hushal included him in Tarikh Wasit (181) and mentioned a report of his transmitted by Wahb ibn Baqiyyah. Al-Dhahabi said in al-Muqtabā: “Very weak.”

Al-Bazzar’s wording reads: “Except enjoining what is right or forbidding what is wrong.” The hadith also has a supporting narration from Jabir, attributed to the Prophet with the same meaning, except that it says: “...except that which is for Allah, glorified and exalted.” It was recorded by Abu Nuaym in al-Hilyah (3/157 and 7/91), al-Asbahani (folio 143/2), and al-Bayhaqi in al-Shuab (7/341/10512), through two chains from Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah: Abd al-Malik ibn Amr al-Aqadi narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Sa'id narrated to us from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from him. Abu Nuaym said: “It is singular among the narrations of Muhammad and al-Thawri; Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah alone narrated it.”

I say: Al-Dhahabi said in al-Kashif: “Trustworthy.”