Al-Kalbī: al-Aʿmash narrated to me from Abū Tamīmah, from Jundab ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Azdī—the Companion of the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him—who said:

He and I set out for Basra until we came to a place called Bayt al-Miskīn, which was to Basra what al-Thuwayyah was to Kufa. He asked, “Did you used to study the Quran with anyone?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “When we reach Basra, bring them to me.” So I brought him Ṣāliḥ ibn Misraḥ, Abū Bilāl, Najdah, and Nāfiʿ ibn al-Azraq. At that time, I considered them among the foremost people of Basra. He then began relating to me reports from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. Jundab said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“The likeness of a scholar who teaches people goodness but forgets himself is that of a lamp: it gives light to people while burning itself.”

And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Let not a palmful of Muslim blood that one has wrongfully shed stand between any of you and Paradise while he looks upon its gates.”

He said: The group began to speak, mentioning enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, while he remained silent and listened to them. Then he said:

“Never have I seen people more deserving of salvation than you are today—if you are truthful.”

Al-Ṭabarānī reported it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (2/178/1681).

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Al-Mundhirī likewise graded it good in al-Targhīb (1/77/13). Its narrators are trustworthy and are among al-Bukhārī’s narrators, apart from ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān al-Kalbī; but he is trustworthy, having been declared so by Hishām ibn ʿAmmār. Abū Ḥātim said: