"al-Talkhīṣ" (p. 275): "Ibn al-Jawzī exaggerated by mentioning this ḥadīth in 'al-Mawḍūʿāt,' and it seems he did so because he saw it as contrary to the state in which the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) died, for he was provided for. Al-Bayhaqī said: Its meaning, according to me, is that he did not ask in a state of poverty that implies lack, but rather he asked in a state of humility and modesty."

"O community of the Muhājirīn and the Anṣār, indeed among your brothers are people who have neither wealth nor tribe, so let one of you take in two or three of them." It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (2534) from al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Nabīḥ al-ʿAnazī, from Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh, who reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) intended to go on an expedition and said: and he mentioned it. Jābir said: "None of us had a mount to carry him except as a turn like the turn of one of them, so I took in two or three. He said: I have nothing but a turn like the turn of one of them from my camel." I said: And this isnād is authentic; all its narrators are reliable except for al-Aswad ibn Qays, who was deemed trustworthy by Abū Zurʿah, al-ʿAjlī, and Ibn Ḥibbān, and was authenticated by al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Ḥibbān, and al-Ḥākim. Therefore, it does not harm him that ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī mentioned him among the unknowns from whom al-Aswad ibn Qays narrates.