“A good hadith.” Concerning the first, he said: “A good, authentic hadith.”

Al-Hakim also transmitted it through two other chains from Muhammad ibn ʿAmr, with wording similar to that of Muhammad ibn ʿUbayd, adding at its end the wording found in Sufyan’s narration: “By Allah, the matter is indeed grave.”

He said: “Authentic according to Muslim’s conditions.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him!

I say: Muhammad ibn ʿAmr—namely, Ibn ʿAlqamah—was narrated from by Muslim, and likewise by al-Bukhari, only in corroborating reports, as al-Dhahabi himself mentioned in al-Mizan.

341 — “Austere simplicity is part of faith,” meaning, living frugally.

Ibn Majah (4118) transmitted it from Ayyub ibn Suwayd, from Usamah ibn Zayd, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Umamah al-Harithi, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah said it.

I say: The narrators in this chain are trustworthy, apart from Ayyub ibn Suwayd. Al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, but prone to error.”

I say: He is therefore acceptable in corroborating reports, and he has indeed been corroborated. Al-Tabarani transmitted it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (1/40/1), through Saʿid ibn Salamah ibn Abi al-Husam, who said: Salih ibn Kaysan narrated to me that ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Umamah ibn Thaʿlabah narrated to him from his father, to the same effect.

Zuhayr ibn Muhammad corroborated him from Salih, except that he said: “Salih ibn Abi Salih.”

Al-Hakim transmitted it (1/9) and said: “Muslim cited Salih ibn Abi Salih al-Samman as an authority.”