7 - Chapter on the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: {The Bedouins say: "We believe." Say: "You have not [yet] believed; but say, 'We have submitted.'"} [Al-Hujurat 49:14]

4992 - Muhammad ibn Abd al-A'la informed us, saying: Muhammad — namely, Ibn Thawr — narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar said: And al-Zuhri informed me, from Amir ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, from his father, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, gave [gifts] to some men, and did not give one of them anything. Sa'd said: O Messenger of Allah, you gave to so-and-so and so-and-so, but you did not give so-and-so anything, and he is a believer? The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Or a Muslim?" Sa'd repeated it three times, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kept saying: "Or a Muslim?" Then the Prophet said: "Indeed, I give to some men, and I leave out one who is more beloved to me than them, giving him nothing, for fear that they would be cast on their faces into the Fire."

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= Alone, with it.
And "al-simat" (the row); al-Sindi said: A row of people. In some copies: "until he gave the greeting of peace at the edge of the carpet" — and this indicates that they had spread out a carpet for him, peace and blessings be upon him.
"Fa-nakkasa" i.e., he lowered his head, meaning he bowed it.
"Al-buhm" i.e., the black ones. It is also said: plural of bahim, meaning the unknown one who is not recognized.
"He descended in the form of Dihyah al-Kalbi" — al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: This is an error, because Dihyah was known to them, and Umar said: None of us knows him. I — meaning al-Sindi — say: His being in the form of Dihyah does not require that he not be distinguished from him by anything at all, especially distinction by extraordinary matters. So it is possible that he appeared to them with some extraordinary indications, or even hidden internal ones, that he was not Dihyah. There is no basis for declaring the narrators mistaken on account of what was mentioned, so let one reflect.

(1) The word "qala" (he said) is from (R) and (M).
(2) Its chain of transmission is sound. Ma'mar: he is Ibn Rashid, and al-Zuhri: he is Muhammad ibn Muslim.
It was also narrated by Abu Dawud (4683) from Muhammad ibn Ubayd, from Muhammad ibn Thawr, with this chain of transmission.
It was also narrated by Ahmad (1522), Muslim (150): (131) following the hadith (1058), Abu Dawud (4685), and the author in "al-Kubra" (11453), and Ibn Hibban (163) via two paths from Ma'mar, with it. The author's narration is abridged. =