and I do not know him. It appears that he is al-Tamīmī, who is trustworthy, and the rest of the men are trustworthy." I said: What he assumed is unlikely to me, for this Ibn al-Ḥuṣayn is in the generation of Imām Aḥmad, whereas al-Tamīmī is from the followers of the followers, classified by al-Ḥāfiẓ in the sixth generation, which coincided with the fifth generation of the younger followers who saw one or two of the Companions, unlike the sixth, who did not meet any of them. And his statement about al-Tamīmī: that he is trustworthy. This is lenient, because no one declared him trustworthy except Ibn Ḥibbān, who is known for his leniency in declaring trustworthiness. Additionally, al-Dāraqūṭnī disagreed, saying: "Unknown," which is what al-Ḥāfiẓ relied on in "al-Taqrīb." In conclusion, this isnād is weak, but not severely weak, so it can serve as supporting evidence for the ḥadīth of Abū Umāmah, elevating it to the level of ḥasan. And Allāh knows best.

- "I have been commanded to a town that consumes other towns. They say: Yathrib, and it is Madīnah, expelling people as a bellows expels impurities from iron." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (4/69-70), Muslim (9/154), Mālik (3/84-85), al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (2/232-233), Aḥmad (numbers 7231, 7364), and al-Khaṭīb in "al-Faqīh wa-al-Mutafaqqih" (62/2). And Abū Yaʿlá in "Musnad" (300/2) from Abū Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: and he mentioned it. In another narration from a different route, attributed [to the Prophet] with the wording: "A time will come upon people when a man will call his cousin and relative, 'Come to prosperity, come to prosperity,' but Madīnah is better for them if they only knew. By the One in whose hand is my soul, no one leaves it out of dislike except that Allāh replaces him with someone better. Indeed, Madīnah is like a bellows, expelling impurities. The Hour will not be established until Madīnah expels its wicked ones, just as a bellows expels impurities from iron."