I said: however, the ḥadīth mentioned before supports it, and it is from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mukhamar—with a dotted khāʾ, and in the original: Majmar with a jīm, which is a scribal error—from the people of Yemen. ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrates that he heard him relate that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to ʿĀʾishah: "Shield yourself from the Fire, even with half a date." It was also narrated by al-Ṭabarānī. Al-Haythamī said: "In it is Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam, and he is weak due to his confusion." I said: I do not know of a narrator named Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam. Yes, among them is Saʿīd ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim ibn Abī Maryam al-Miṣrī, but he was not described as confused; rather, he is trustworthy and reliable, and Allāh knows best. Furthermore, the ḥadīth was mentioned by al-Ḥāfiẓ in the biography of this ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mukhamar from Yaḥyá ibn Ayyūb al-Ghāfiqī from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qurṭ—or it was said Quraiṭ—that he heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mukhamar narrate it. It was recorded by Ibn Abī Ḥātim in "al-Wuḥdān," Ibn Mandah, Abū Nuʿaym, and others. So you see that the narrator according to them is ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qurṭ, while according to al-Ṭabarānī it is ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Is this a difference in the narrator or a discrepancy arising from the copyist? And Allāh knows best. In any case, there are other chains for the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah. Kathīr ibn Zayd narrated from al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Allāh from her that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to her: "O ʿĀʾishah, shield yourself from the Fire, even with half a date, for it satisfies the hungry as it satisfies the full."