that he passed by a group of people who had set up a live chicken as a target, and he said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) cursed those who mutilate animals." It was recorded by Aḥmad (2/13) and its chain is authentic.

"The expeditions will not cease attacking this House until an army among them is swallowed up." It was recorded by al-Nasāʾī (2/32) and al-Ḥākim (4/430) from Muḥammad ibn Idrīs Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī who said: ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ ibn Ghiyāth narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us from Masʿar who said: Ṭalḥah ibn Muṣarrif informed me from Abū Muslim al-Agharr from Abū Hurayrah from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). Al-Ḥākim said: "A rare authentic ḥadīth; I do not know anyone who narrated it except ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ ibn Ghiyāth, and it is narrated from him by the Imām Abū Ḥātim," and al-Dhahabī agreed with him. I say: It is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim, except for Abū Ḥātim, who is the eminent critic and ḥadīth scholar. It was also recorded by Abū Nuʿaym in "al-Ḥilyah" (7/244) through another chain from ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ. Suḥaym also corroborated it, stating that he heard Abū Hurayrah narrate something similar. It was recorded by al-Nasāʾī with a chain whose men are trustworthy and well-known, except for Suḥaym, who was deemed trustworthy by Ibn ʿAmmār and Ibn Ḥibbān. There is supporting evidence from the narration of Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā) that is similar but more complete. It was recorded by Muslim (8/167), al-Nasāʾī, Aḥmad (6/336-337), and others from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣafwān from her