This chain of transmission consists of trustworthy narrators, so it is a sound chain were it not for the weakness found in Ibn Lahīʿah, which became apparent in his hadiths after his source materials and books were burned. It is apparent that this was one of the reports whose wording he did not preserve accurately.

In any case, it is an acceptable corroborating report in general, since his statement, “It is not for you,” accords with the other narrations, which unanimously indicate prohibition. As for his statement, “Nor is it against you,” it conflicts with the prohibition and with the command to break the fast, even with the bark of a tree. It is therefore among Ibn Lahīʿah’s confused narrations. And Allah knows best.

Note: His statement in the chain, “ʿUmayr ibn Jubayr,” is an error resulting from textual corruption. The correct name is “ʿUbayd ibn Ḥunayn.” He is mentioned in al-Tahdhīb, as al-Ḥāfiẓ stated in al-Taʿjīl (321/819).

This hadith has previously appeared in this Silsilah (225—the new edition of Maktabat al-Maʿārif), and each of the two discussions contains additional benefit. *

3102—“Beware of minor sins. They are like a people who camped in the bottom of a valley: one came with a stick, and another came with a stick, until they had baked their bread. Indeed, whenever the perpetrator of minor sins is taken to task for them, they destroy him.”

Imam Aḥmad recorded it (5/331): Anas ibn ʿIyāḍ narrated to us: Abū Ḥāzim narrated to me—from Sahl ibn Saʿd, as far as I know—who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said ... and then mentioned it.

I say: This chain is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, al-Bukhārī and Muslim, and is one of the three-narrator chains in al-Musnad. It was also recorded by al-Rūyānī in his Musnad (29/12/1–2), al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (6/204/5872), al-Awsaṭ (2/161/7459), and al-Ṣaghīr (p. 187, Indian edition), through other chains from Anas ibn ʿIyāḍ, with the same report. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr said in his exegesis