and commanded them to be stingy, so they became stingy, and commanded them to commit immorality, so they committed immorality." It was recorded by Aḥmad (2/159) and its isnād is authentic. Al-Dārimī also recorded (2/240) the beginning of it with the wording: "Beware of oppression, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection." Abū Dāwūd (1/268) and al-Ḥākim (1/415) also recorded "Beware of greed..." and al-Ḥākim said: "Its isnād is authentic." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him. Aḥmad (2/195) also recorded it similar to the narration of al-Dārimī with the previous wording. There is another complete chain for it from Ibn ʿAmr, as Ḥasan ibn ʿArafah said in "his section" (no. 91 - my copy): ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Abū Ḥafṣ al-Abbār narrated to us from Muḥammad ibn Jaḥādah from Bakr ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Muzanī from him with it. I say: Its isnād is authentic, its men are trustworthy, the men of the two Shaykhs except for this al-Abbār, and he is trustworthy. There is a supporting narration for it from Abū Hurayrah, raised [to the Prophet] with it. Aḥmad (2/331) recorded it through two chains from Saʿīd ibn Abī Saʿīd from him. I say: One of them is authentic in isnād according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, and the other is good. Ibn Ḥibbān also recorded it (1566).

- "In the black seed is a cure for every disease except death." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (10/118-119), Muslim (7/25), and Ibn Mājah (2/342)