Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted us permission regarding the staff, the whip, the rope, and similar items, for a man to pick up and make use of.

Abu Dawud said: Nu‘man ibn ‘Abd al-Salam narrated it from al-Mughirah — Abu Salamah.

[Editorial note:] Its chain of transmission is weak due to its inconsistency, and due to disagreement over whether it is raised to the Prophet or stopped at a Companion. It was narrated by Sulayman ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Dimashqi, from Muhammad ibn Shu‘ayb, from al-Mughirah ibn Ziyad, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as in the author’s narration here. It was also narrated by Hisham ibn ‘Ammar, from Muhammad ibn Shu‘ayb, from a man, from Abu Salamah al-Mughirah ibn Ziyad. And it was narrated by al-Nu‘man ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, from al-Mughirah Abu Salamah, from Abu al-Zubayr. We say: al-Mughirah Abu Salamah is Mughirah ibn Muslim al-Qasammali. Al-Bayhaqi considered it probable that Muhammad ibn Shu‘ayb, in the narration of Hisham ibn ‘Ammar, only took it from al-Nu‘man ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, which means that Muhammad ibn Shu‘ayb erred in identifying this Mughirah, saying he was Ibn Ziyad, when in fact he was Ibn Muslim; for Abu Salamah is the kunyah of Ibn Muslim, not Ibn Ziyad.

This is supported by the narration of Shababah ibn Sawwar, which the author referred to after the hadith.

Abu al-Zubayr — whose name is Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus al-Makki — was a mudallis who narrated using ambiguous wording.

It was also recorded by al-Tabarani in *al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat* (9258), Ibn ‘Adi in his biography of Mughirah ibn Ziyad al-Mawsili in *al-Kamil*, and al-Bayhaqi in his *Sunan* 6/195, via the route of Sulayman ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Dimashqi, with this chain.

It was recorded by Abu al-Shaykh al-Asbahani in *Tabaqat al-Muhaddithin* 3/128, via the route of Ibrahim ibn Ayyub, from al-Nu‘man, from Mughirah Abu Salamah, from Abu al-Zubayr, with it.

It was recorded by Ibn ‘Adi in his biography of Mughirah ibn Ziyad al-Mawsili in *al-Kamil*, and via him al-Bayhaqi 6/195, via the route of Hisham ibn ‘Ammar, from Muhammad ibn Shu‘ayb, from a man, from al-Mughirah ibn Ziyad, with it — without mentioning the rope.

Ibn Qudamah said in *al-Mughni* 8/296: We know of no disagreement among the people of knowledge regarding the permissibility of taking a small amount and making use of it. This has been narrated from ‘Umar, ‘Ali, Ibn ‘Umar, and ‘A’ishah. It was also held by ‘Ata’, Jabir ibn Zayd, Tawus, al-Nakha‘i, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, Malik, al-Shafi‘i, and the proponents of opinion. There is no specification from Ahmad or most of those we have mentioned regarding the small amount that is permitted.