I said: however, his ḥadīth is strengthened by what precedes it. And Allāh knows best.

- "When you judge, be just, and when you kill, do so with excellence, for Allāh is excellent and loves those who excel." It was recorded by Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim in "al-Diyāt" (p. 56), Ibn ʿAdī in "al-Kāmil" (328/2), and Abū Nuʿaym in "Akhbār Aṣbahān" (2/113) through various chains from Muḥammad ibn Bilāl, who narrated from ʿImrān, from Qatādah, from Anas ibn Mālik (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said it, and he mentioned it. I said: This isnād is good; its narrators are trustworthy and well-known, except for Muḥammad ibn Bilāl, who is al-Baṣrī al-Kindī. Ibn ʿAdī said: "I hope there is no harm in him." And al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Truthful but narrates rare things."

- "Two types from my ummah will not receive my intercession: a tyrannical oppressive leader and every treacherous renegade." It was recorded by Abū Isḥāq al-Ḥarbī in "Gharīb al-Ḥadīth" (5/120/2), al-Jurjānī in "al-Fawāʾid" (112/1), Ibn Abī al-Ḥadīd al-Sulamī in "Ḥadīth Abī al-Faḍl al-Sulamī" (2/1), and Abū Bakr al-Kalābādhī in "Miftāḥ al-Maʿānī" (360/2) through various chains from al-Muʿallá ibn Ziyād from Abū..