to disregard what was said about him previously; because it is evident that they did not know his ḥadīth nor scrutinize it, namely the statement of Imām al-ʿAjlī in "Tārīkh al-Thiqāt" (119/290): "Kūfī, trustworthy, knowledgeable." Al-Bukhārī remained silent about him in "al-Tārīkh" (1/2/393). Therefore, I see that the ḥadīth is at least ḥasan; for those above him are trustworthy men from Muslim's narrators, especially since it has been reported through the route of Abū Bakr ibn Abī Maryam from Ḥabīb ibn ʿUbayd that Ḥabīb ibn Maslamah brought a man who had committed theft, tied him beside the mosque, and ordered his belongings to be burned. After praying, he stood among the people, praised Allāh, and mentioned theft and what Allāh revealed about it. ʿAwf ibn Mālik stood up and said: "O people! Beware of sins for which there is no expiation; for a man may engage in usury and then repent, and Allāh will accept his repentance. Indeed, Allāh the Exalted says: (It is not for a prophet to act dishonestly, and whoever acts dishonestly will bring what he gained dishonestly on the Day of Resurrection) (Sūrah Āl ʿImrān, verse 161), and Allāh will resurrect the consumer of usury on the Day of Resurrection as insane and suffocated." Al-Ṭabarānī also reported it (no. 109) with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād from Abū Bakr ibn Abī Maryam, who is weak and confused, but that does not prevent using him as evidence; for he was among the devout and one of the vessels of knowledge. Ibn ʿAdī said: "His ḥadīths are acceptable, but he is not used as proof." As for what Ḥuṣayn ibn Mukhāriq narrated from Ḥamzah al-Zayyāt from Abān from Anas in a marfūʿ form with the wording: "The consumer of usury will come on the Day of Resurrection insane, dragging his side, then he recited: (They will not stand except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity) (Sūrah al-Baqarah, verse 275)." Al-Aṣbahānī reported it in "al-Targhīb" (2/574/1374), and al-Mundhirī indicated in