and hasten to the love of Allāh and His pleasure in all his actions." This is of utmost verification, as you see. May Allāh reward him with good. Thirdly: As for the severe objection claimed by Ibn Kathīr, it appears he means it is unreasonable for any of the worshippers to delay to the next row to look at a woman! Our response to him is that they have said: when the report is established, speculation is nullified. Once the ḥadīth is confirmed, there is no room for rejecting what it contains of reality. If we were to open the door to rejection merely due to intellectual improbability, it would necessitate the denial of many authentic ḥadīths, and this is not the way of the people of the sunnah and ḥadīth, but rather the practice of the Muʿtazilah and the people of whims. Then what prevents those who lagged behind from being hypocrites who outwardly show faith while concealing disbelief? Moreover, what prevents them from being those who have recently entered Islam and have not yet been refined by its refinement, nor disciplined by its etiquette?

- "Indeed, Allāh says: O son of Adam! If you give surplus, it is better for you, and if you withhold it, it is worse for you. Begin with those you are responsible for, and Allāh does not blame for sufficiency, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand." It was recorded by Aḥmad (2/362): Zayd ibn Yaḥyá al-Dimashqī narrated to us, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Zabar said: I heard al-Qāsim, the client of Yazīd, say: Abū Hurayrah told me that he heard the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: and he mentioned it. I say: This isnād is good, its men are trustworthy despite a weakness in al-Qāsim - who is Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shāmī, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dimashqī, the client of the family of Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb al-Umawī - but his ḥadīth does not fall below the level of ḥasan. It has been said that he did not hear from any of the Companions except Abū Umāmah, and this isnād refutes that, as it explicitly states narration from Abū Hurayrah and has confirmed..