and the Qarmatians, and for this reason, the English supported and aided him against the Muslims, and he would say: It is forbidden for Muslims to fight the English! and other such falsehoods and deceptions. Many books have been authored in refutation of him, clarifying his departure from the community of Muslims, so let whoever wishes to understand their true nature refer to them.

"A man from the Arabs gifts one of them a present, and I reciprocate it with what I have, yet he becomes displeased with it, and continues to express dissatisfaction with me. By Allāh, I will not accept a gift from an Arab man after this moment except from a Qurashī, an Anṣārī, a Thaqafī, or a Dawsī." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (596) and from him by al-Tirmidhī (2/330), and the context is his - and it is more complete - from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq from Saʿīd ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father from Abū Hurayrah who said: "A man from Banī Fazārah gifted the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) a camel from his camels which they had acquired at (al-Ghābah), so he reciprocated with some compensation, but he was displeased with it. I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) on this minbar say..." and he mentioned it. And he said: "This is a good ḥadīth, and it is more authentic than the ḥadīth of Yazīd ibn Hārūn from Ayyūb." I said: He refers to what was recorded before, he said: Aḥmad ibn Manīʿ narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us: Ayyūb informed me from Saʿīd al-Maqburī with some brevity and said: "It has been narrated from multiple sources from Abū Hurayrah. And Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrates from Ayyūb Abū al-ʿAlāʾ, who is Ayyūb ibn Miskīn, and it is said ibn Abī Miskīn. And perhaps this ḥadīth which he narrated from Ayyūb from Saʿīd al-Maqburī. And he is Ayyūb Abū al-ʿAlāʾ." I said: Thus it is in the original Būlāq edition, and there is something in the phrase. Then I referred to the Ahwadhī copy, and the phrase in it is as follows: