—peace and blessings be upon him—said: [he mentioned it].

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy and are among Muslim’s narrators. Abū al-Jawwāb’s name was al-Aḥwaṣ ibn Jawwāb. This report was corroborated: Abū Dāwūd (5170) and Ibn Ḥibbān (1319) transmitted it through two other routes from ʿAmmār ibn Ruzayq, through the same chain.

The hadith also has a supporting report from Ibn ʿAbbās, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. Al-Ḍiyāʾ recorded it in al-Mukhtārah (64/25/2). Another supporting report, narrated by Buraydah ibn al-Ḥuṣayb, has the wording:

“Whoever swears by amānah (a trust) is not of us; and whoever turns a man’s wife or servant against him is not of us.”

325 — “Whoever swears by amānah (a trust) is not of us; and whoever turns a man’s wife or servant against him is not of us.”

Aḥmad recorded it (5/352): Wakīʿ narrated to us: al-Walīd ibn Thaʿlabah narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said: [he mentioned it].

Ibn Ḥibbān (1318) also recorded it through Wakīʿ, with similar wording.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. All its narrators are trustworthy and are among the narrators of al-Bukhārī and Muslim, except for this al-Walīd; Ibn Maʿīn and Ibn Ḥibbān nevertheless declared him trustworthy. Al-Mundhirī also authenticated its chain in al-Targhīb (3/93).

Khabbaba is pronounced with an open khāʾ and a doubled first bāʾ; it means to deceive and corrupt.