I say: Apparently, he is referring to Abū Ghālib. The hidden defect, in my view, is Sufyān ibn al-Ḥārith’s unknown status, as noted above.
However, the hadith has corroborating reports that strengthen it. Among them is Ibn ʿUmar’s hadith prohibiting entry upon a people who had been punished. It was reported by al-Bukhārī and Muslim, and is documented in Fiqh al-Sīrah (p. 408) and al-Ṣaḥīḥah (19). In one version (4419), al-Bukhārī added:
“And he hastened his pace until he had crossed the valley.”
Muslim’s wording (8/221), as well as that of Ibn Jarīr in al-Tafsīr (14/34), is:
“Then he urged on his she-camel and hastened until he had left it behind.”
Also among them is the hadith of ʿAlī and Jābir, may Allah be pleased with them, concerning the Prophet’s—peace and blessings be upon him—hastening through the Valley of Muḥassir. ʿAlī’s wording is:
“Then he moved on until he reached the Valley of Muḥassir. He tapped his she-camel, and she broke into a brisk trot until she had crossed the valley; then he stopped ... [the rest of] the hadith.”
It is documented in Jilbāb al-Marʾah al-Muslimah (p. 62).
Jābir’s hadith was narrated by Muslim and others, and is documented in Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd (1699). *
- “When you suspect, do not seek confirmation. When you envy, do not transgress. When you take an omen, proceed, and put your trust in Allah. When you weigh, give extra weight.”
Al-Suyūṭī cited it in this form in al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr and al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr, as narrated by Ibn Mājah from