been able to benefit from them, because of their ignorance of this field. They are merely blind followers who transmit what they find. The proof is before you: Abū Dāwūd’s chain of transmission is as clear in its authenticity as the sun, yet they failed to recognize it. When they imagined that it was in Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān, they gave it an intermediate rating: neither declaring it authentic nor weak, but saying, “Good on account of its supporting evidence”!! Half-measures.

This is generally their practice: rating as good in this manner, or simply grading as good, many reports that are authentic and many that, upon careful examination, are weak—all to conceal their ignorance! Allah is the One whose help is sought.

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3383 — “I have not seen anyone more miserly than you, except one who is miserly with the greeting of peace.”

Aḥmad narrated it in his Musnad (3/328): Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAqīl, from Jābir:

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “So-and-so has a date-palm in my garden, and its location has harmed me and caused me hardship.” The Prophet ﷺ sent for him and said:

“Sell me your date-palm that is in so-and-so’s garden.”

He said, “No.” He said:

“Then give it to me as a gift.”

He said, “No.” He said:

“Then sell it to me in exchange for a date-palm in Paradise.”

He said, “No.” So the Prophet ﷺ said: … and he mentioned it.

Al-Bazzār likewise narrated it (2/417/2000) from two trustworthy shaykhs of his, who said: Abū ʿĀmir narrated to us likewise. And he said: