Bahz bin Hakim narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him)), who said: I heard the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Destruction is for the one who speaks and lies in order to make people laugh by it; ruin is for him, ruin is for him." This hadith has been narrated from Bahz bin Hakim by imams such as Sufyan bin Sa'id, the two Hammads (Hammad bin Salamah and Hammad bin Zayd), Abd al-Warith bin Sa'id and Isra'il bin Yunus. I know of no disagreement among most of the imams of transmission regarding the integrity ('adalah, truthfulness) of Bahz bin Hakim; his hadith is collected, and Imam Bukhari mentioned him in his "al-Jami' al-Sahih". This hadith is a supporting narration for the hadith of Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani that we mentioned earlier.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! I heard so-and-so mentioning you and praising you; he claims that you gave him two dinars." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But so-and-so does not say such a thing, although he has received from me between ten and a hundred (dinars)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One of you leaves me with what he asked for (the thing he requested), tucked under his arm, yet it is nothing but fire for him." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Then why do you give to them?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What am I to do? They ask me, and Allah does not approve that I should be stingy." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this context.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked for something. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had two dinars brought for them, and both of them began praising him. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But so-and-so does not say such a thing, although I have given him between ten and a hundred (dinars), yet he does not praise like this. Indeed, one of you leaves me with the charity he has taken, tucked under his arm, although it is fire for him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Why do you give it to him when you know that it is fire for him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What am I to do? They are not content with anything but asking, and Allah does not approve of my being stingy." The two Shaykhs did not record from Mu'ammar bin Sulayman al-Raqqi, although Imam Muslim recorded from Abdullah bin Bishr al-Raqqi. But this hadith is not a defect ('illah) for the hadith of al-A'mash from Abu Salih; rather, it is a supporting narration for it through another chain.