I say: This too is mursal. Muhammad ibn Jubayr—namely, Ibn Mutʿim—was a trustworthy Successor, contrary to what the phrase “may Allah be pleased with him” suggests; it was his father, Jubayr ibn Mutʿim, who was a Companion.

The narrator from him, ʿAbd al-Rahman, is Ibn Muʿadh ibn al-Huwayrith; he was ascribed to his grandfather and is weak, as stated in al-Kashif. Al-Hafiz said:

“Truthful, but makes mistakes.”

I say: A narrator of his kind may be cited in corroboration, Allah willing.

The other route is recorded by al-Bayhaqi (956), through Ismaʿil ibn Rafiʿ al-Madani, from Thaʿlabah ibn Salih, from Sulayman ibn Musa, from Muʿadh ibn Jabal, with a lengthier version similar to it.

Ibn ʿAsakir also transmitted it through al-Bayhaqi’s route in al-Tarikh (10/617).

Abu Nuʿaym narrated it in al-Hilyah (1/420), and al-Daylami, through him, in his Musnad (3/282), by the aforementioned route, except that he said, “a man from the people of al-Sham,” in place of “Sulayman ibn Musa.”

I say: Muslim narrated from Sulayman ibn Musa in the introduction to his Sahih, but he did not meet Muʿadh ibn Jabal; thus, it too is mursal.

I could not find any biographical notice for Thaʿlabah ibn Salih.

His narrator, Ismaʿil ibn Rafiʿ, is weak.

There is a fourth route from Muʿadh, whose documentation has preceded under no. 1475; however, it does not contain the opening sentence. Nevertheless, together with the preceding routes, it has many corroborating reports, some of which have already been documented under nos. 555 and 1730. The greatest corroboration for it is in the saying of Allah Most High: “So fear Allah as much as you are able.” *