and likewise it was narrated by Aḥmad (3/333). This is more authentic, because ʿAbd al-Wārith, the father of ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, is a reliable and trustworthy narrator; unlike ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd (in the original: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, which is a typographical error); for the following reason. Thirdly, although this ʿAbd al-Wahhāb is a trustworthy narrator from the two Shaykhs [al-Bukhārī and Muslim], he is mentioned among those who became confused, so his narration does not undermine what the reliable and trustworthy ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated. Furthermore, al-Suyūṭī included the ḥadīth in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr" divided from the narration of Jābir without the section on Syria, attributing the first section related to Iraq to Aḥmad, Abū ʿAwānah, and Ibn ʿAsākir, and attributing the ḥadīth of the chapter to Aḥmad and Muslim only. His mention of the first section in it—despite it being mawqūf—indicates that it is considered marfūʿ, because it pertains to matters of the unseen that are not stated based on opinion and ijtihād. Also, it is supported by the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah, raised [to the Prophet], with the wording: "Iraq will withhold its dirham and qafīz, Syria will withhold its mudd and dinar, and Egypt will withhold its irdabb and dinar..." the ḥadīth. It was narrated by Muslim and others, and it is included in "Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd" (2679), and narrated by al-Bayhaqī (19/137), and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in "al-Tamhīd" (6/457). (Benefit): al-Nawawī said in "Sharḥ Muslim": "Regarding the meaning of 'Iraq will withhold' and others, there are two well-known opinions: the first is that it is due to their conversion to Islam, so the jizyah is lifted from them, and this has occurred. The second is that the Persians and Romans will dominate the lands at the end of times, thus preventing [the payment]."