2559 - Ahmad ibn Sulayman informed us, saying: Yazid narrated to us, saying: Hammam narrated to us, from Qatadah, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Eat, give charity, and wear clothing without extravagance or arrogance."

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From "al-Isabah" (entry on Jabir ibn 'Atik), and the rest of his narrators are trustworthy. Ishaq ibn Mansur: he is al-Kawsaj, and Muhammad ibn Yusuf: he is al-Firyabi, and al-Awza'i: he is 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Amr. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2350).

Ibn Hibban also narrated it (4762) through two chains from al-Awza'i, with this chain of transmission.

Ahmad narrated it (23747), (23748), and (23752), Abu Dawud (2659), and Ibn Hibban (295) through various chains from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, with it.

Abu Mu'awiyah al-Darir contradicted him, narrating it from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Sahm (and the correct version therein is Abu Salamah, as al-Mizzi mentioned in "al-Tahdhib") from Abu Hurayrah, with it, and it is in the "Sunan" of Ibn Majah (1996).

Abu Mu'awiyah is trustworthy in his narrations from al-A'mash, but he may err in others, and perhaps this hadith is among those, and Allah knows best.

The hadith has a supporting witness from the hadith of 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir al-Juhani in Ahmad (17398), and in its chain is 'Abdullah ibn Zayd al-Azraq, who is among the unknown narrators, and no one is recorded as narrating from him other than Abu Sallam al-Aswad. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said of him in "al-Taqrib": acceptable. And Allah knows best.

(1) Its chain is sound (hasan) because of Shu'ayb (the father of 'Amr), who is the son of Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, and the rest of his narrators are trustworthy. Yazid: he is Ibn Harun, and Hammam: he is Ibn Yahya al-'Awdhi, and Qatadah: he is Ibn Di'amah al-Sadusi. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2351).

Ahmad narrated it (6695) and Ibn Majah (3605) through the chain of Yazid ibn Harun, with this chain of transmission, and in both there is the addition: "and drink."

Ahmad also narrated it (6708) from Bahz ibn Asad, from Hammam ibn Yahya, with it, and in his version there is the addition: "and drink," and the addition: "Indeed, Allah loves that His blessing be seen upon His servant."

Al-Bukhari suspended it (mu'allaq) at the beginning of the Book of Clothing before hadith (5783). Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "Fath al-Bari" 10/253: This is an indication from al-Bukhari toward strengthening the version of 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, and I have not seen any reference to it in the Sahih except in this place. =