al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr said: "This is mursal from al-Ḥasan, and it is ḥasan. Yaḥyá ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān and others authenticated it, and our Shaykh al-Mizzī issued a fatwá affirming its authenticity from these chains." I said: The reason al-Ḥāfiẓ did not consider it ḥasan, even though its narrators are the narrators of "al-Ṣaḥīḥ," is because there is some discussion regarding Khālid ibn Khudāsh and his shaykh Ḥazm. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar said about the first of them: "Truthful but makes mistakes." And he said about the other: "Truthful but errs." From this, you learn the error of his statement in "al-Fatḥ" (11/293): "And the mursal was reported by Ibn Abī al-Dunyā with an authentic chain to al-Ḥasan...!" I said: Yes, it is authentic from al-Ḥasan through the other chain from him, which al-Tirmidhī referred to in his previous statement from the narration of al-Ashʿath ibn ʿAbd al-Malik from him. It is strange that al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar and Ibn Kathīr did not mention it! In summary: The ḥadīth, with all its chains, is ḥasan or authentic. And Allāh knows best. Then I found another supporting evidence for it from the ḥadīth of ʿAwf ibn Mālik, elevated [to the Prophet]. And it contains an addition for which I included it in "al-Ḍaʿīfah" (2450).

- "The most complete of the believers in faith are those with the best character, and indeed good character reaches the level of fasting and prayer." It was recorded by al-Bazzār in "his Musnad" (no. 35 - al-Kashf): Muḥammad ibn al-Muthanná narrated to us, Zakariyyā ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṭāʾī narrated to us, Shuʿayb ibn al-Ḥabḥāb narrated from Anas who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: and he mentioned it and said: