- "Whoever eats meat should perform ablution." Narrated by Aḥmad (4/180, 5/289) from Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ from Sulaymān ibn Abī al-Rabīʿ - Aḥmad said: He is Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from whom Shuʿbah and Layth ibn Saʿd narrated - from al-Qāsim, the client of Muʿāwiyah, who said: "I entered the mosque of Damascus and saw people gathered, and an elder was speaking to them. I asked: Who is this? They said: Sahl ibn al-Ḥanẓaliyyah. I heard him say, I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: " and he mentioned it. I said: And this is a good chain of narration, after Imām Aḥmad revealed to us the identity of Sulaymān ibn Abī al-Rabīʿ. Al-Haythamī said (1/248) after attributing it to Aḥmad: "I did not see anyone who translated him." And this is true, for no one mentioned the man by this name that appeared in this chain, not even al-Ḥāfiẓ in "al-Taʿjīl," so may Allāh have mercy on Imām Aḥmad, how vast is his knowledge and benefits! And Sulaymān, from whom Layth and Shuʿbah narrated, is the son of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsá, and it is said: Sulaymān ibn Yasār, and it is said: Sulaymān ibn Anas ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dimashqī as in "al-Tahdhīb." I said: And it should be added: "And it is said: Sulaymān ibn Abī al-Rabīʿ." I said: And he is trustworthy. And al-Qāsim is the son of Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the companion of Abū Umāmah, and he is good in ḥadīth. (Benefit): The command in the ḥadīth is for recommendation except in the case of camel meat, where it is obligatory due to the established distinction between it and other meats, as they asked him (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) about ablution from camel meat?