I saw him, but I did not write anything from him." Others also considered him weak, whereas Ibn Ḥibbān mentioned him in "al-Thiqāt" (9/279)! And al-Ṭayyib ibn Sulaymān is better than him, as Ibn Ḥibbān (8/328) and al-Ṭabarānī also declared him trustworthy, and al-Dāraqutnī said: "Weak." However, the ḥadīth is supported by his ﷺ prohibition to ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr from reciting the Qurʾān in less than three days, and his ﷺ saying: "Whoever recites the Qurʾān in less than three days does not understand it." This is authentically established from him ﷺ, and it is recorded in "Ṣifat al-Ṣalāh" (pp. 118-119, seventh edition). See ḥadīth (1512 and 1513) and what is mentioned under them. This is not contradicted by what is established from some of the predecessors that is contrary to this authentic sunnah, as it appears that it did not reach them. How excellent is what Imām al-Dhahabī, may Allāh have mercy on him, said in the biography of the ḥāfiẓ Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ, in his great book "Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ" (7/39/2), and it is narrated from him that he used to fast continuously and complete the Qurʾān every night: "I said: This is a devotion to be humbled by, but for someone like an imām from the traditionalists, it is less virtuous, for it is authentically reported that he ﷺ prohibited continuous fasting and prohibited reciting the Qurʾān in less than three days. The religion is ease, and following the sunnah is more appropriate. May Allāh be pleased with Wakīʿ, and where is there anyone like Wakīʿ? Despite this, he was persistent in drinking the Nabīdh of Kūfah, which intoxicates when consumed in excess, and he had an interpretation for drinking it, but if he had abandoned it out of scrupulousness, it would have been more fitting for him, for whoever avoids doubtful matters has protected his religion and honor. The prohibition and impermissibility of the mentioned Nabīdh is authentically established, but this is not the place for these matters, and everyone is taken from and left, so there is no model in the error of a scholar, yes, nor is he reproached for what he did with ijtihād. We ask Allāh for forgiveness."