due to their differing inclinations, the one called (Ḥasan al-Saqqāf) dared to deny it with complete brazenness, thereby opposing the path of the believers. He stated in his commentary on "Dafʿ Shubah al-Tashbīh" by Ibn al-Jawzī, claiming (p. 62) that it is a weak ḥadīth! Then he went further, declaring (p. 64) that it is a false ḥadīth!! He then began to refute my authentication of it with its supporting evidence, attacking and ignoring the authentication of those who validated it among the ḥadīth scholars, casting doubt on what I reported from some manuscripts that his eyes have not seen. He was driven by an overwhelming Jahmī inclination that dominated his heart, so he no longer comprehends what the scholars, whether early or later, say. I mentioned there among those who authenticated it: al-Tirmidhī, al-Ḥākim, al-Dhahabī, al-Khiraqī, al-Mundhirī, al-ʿIrāqī, and Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Dimashqī. I now add to them the ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar in his recently published book "al-Imtāʿ" (pp. 62-63), where he even expressed its meaning in poetry: "Indeed, whoever shows mercy to those on earth, it is time for him to be shown mercy by the One in heaven. So show mercy to all creation, for the Most Merciful only shows mercy to the merciful among us." Among the later scholars who authenticated this ḥadīth are the two Ghumārī shaykhs: Aḥmad al-Ghumārī in his book "Fatḥ al-Wahhāb bi-Takhrīj Aḥādīth al-Shihāb" (1/459), where he said: "We have narrated it through multiple paths." He also reported the authentication of al-Tirmidhī and al-Ḥākim and agreed with them. The other Ghumārī, Shaykh ʿAbd Allāh, authenticated the ḥadīth in his book titled "al-Kanz al-Thamīn," where he included it under number (1867). In his introduction, he mentioned that everything in it is authentic. He is the brother of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ghumārī, younger in age and knowledge, and they are among those whom al-Saqqāf holds in high regard and blindly imitates. When he mentions either of them, he says: "My master"! What might a fair-minded Muslim say about such a man who opposes those ḥadīth scholars and follows a different path, even opposing his own shaykh and master—according to his own expression—ʿAbd Allāh al-Ghumārī?! There is no doubt that he is "in manifest error" (Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:175)