I say: However, his hadith is strengthened by the preceding report. And Allah knows best.
- “When you pass judgment, be just; and when you kill, do so well. For Allah is beneficent and loves those who do good.”
Ibn Abi Asim recorded it in al-Diyat (p. 56), as did Ibn Adi in al-Kamil (328/2) and Abu Nuaym in Akhbar Isbahan (2/113), through several routes from Muhammad ibn Bilal, who said: Imran narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said the above.
I say: This is a sound chain of transmission. Its narrators are reliable and well known, apart from Muhammad ibn Bilal, the Basran al-Kindi. Ibn Adi said: “I hope there is no harm in him.” Al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, though he sometimes relates singular reports.”
- “Two classes among my ummah shall not attain my intercession: an unjust, tyrannical ruler, and every extremist renegade.”
Abu Ishaq al-Harbi recorded it in Gharib al-Hadith (5/120/2), al-Jurjani in al-Fawaʾid (112/1), Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Sulami in Hadith Abi al-Fadl al-Sulami (2/1), and Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi in Miftah al-Maʿani (360/2), through several routes from al-Muʿalla ibn Ziyad, from Abu