with the Quran to enemy territory, fearing that the enemy might seize it," and what prevents Allāh from informing His Prophet that his companions would compile the codices? However, al-Ḥar is of unknown status." I said: By no means, for Ibn Abī Ḥātim said (1/2/278), "I asked my father about him, and he said: He is truthful, there is no harm in him." I said: And the rest of its narrators are trustworthy, from the men of the two Shaykhs, except for Ibrāhīm ibn Jābir—who is al-Qazzāz, Abū Isḥāq al-Baṣrī al-Bāhilī—mentioned by Ibn Abī Ḥātim (1/1/92) from his narration from a group, then he said: "My father and Abū Zurʿah narrated from him." And Abū Zurʿah only narrates from a trustworthy person, and based on this, the ḥadīth's isnād is ḥasan in my view. And Allāh knows best.

"Whoever wishes to see the humility of Jesus, let him look at Abū Dharr." It was recorded by Ibn Saʿd in "al-Ṭabaqāt" (4/228) from Abū Umayyah ibn Yaʿlá from Abū al-Zanād from al-Aʿraj from Abū Hurayrah as a marfūʿ ḥadīth. I said: And this isnād is weak, its men are trustworthy, the men of the two Shaykhs, except for this Abū Umayyah—whose name is Ismāʿīl—mentioned by al-Dhahabī in "al-Mughnī," and he said: "al-Dāraquṭnī weakened him." However, the ḥadīth has supporting evidence that strengthens it: the first is from Abū Dharr himself, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to me: "Neither the earth has carried nor the sky has shaded one more truthful and faithful in speech than Abū Dharr, similar..