then it occurred to me what changed my perspective on the narration of Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd from Ibn Lahīʿah, and that his narration from him is considered as reliable as the narration of the ʿAbbādilah from him. I benefited from this through the biography of al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī on Qutaybah in "Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ," and I have cited this under the previous ḥadīth (2843), so there is no need to repeat it. Based on the fact that this ḥadīth is from the narration of Qutaybah from Ibn Lahīʿah, I have retracted from weakening the ḥadīth due to him to considering it good, hoping from Allāh to forgive my mistakes and intentional acts, all of which are with me, and to increase me in knowledge and guidance. There is also a narration mentioned by al-Bayhaqī (1/197) from Hilāl ibn Yasāf who said: "It was said: There is extravagance in everything, even in purification; even if it is on the bank of a river." And this Hilāl is a trustworthy follower, so it is as if he is referring to this ḥadīth, and that it was well-known among the predecessors, and Allāh knows best. *

- (Indeed, they did not worship them, but when they made something lawful for them, they considered it lawful, and when they prohibited something for them, they considered it prohibited, [and that was their worship]). It was recorded by al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh" (4/1/106), al-Tirmidhī in "al-Sunan" (309), al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (17/92/218 and 219), Ibn Jarīr in "al-Tafsīr" (10/80-18), and al-Bayhaqī in "al-Sunan" (10/116) through the route of ʿAbd al-Salām ibn Ḥarb from Ghuṭayf ibn Aʿyan from Muṣʿab ibn Saʿd from ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim who said: I came to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) with a cross of gold around my neck, and he said: "O ʿAdī! Remove this idol."