It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer is simple-hearted and noble (good-hearted), whereas the wicked (sinful) person is deceitful and base." Abu Shihab Abd Rabbih bin Nafi' al-Hannat and Yahya bin al-Durays corroborated al-Thawri in establishing this chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer is simple-hearted and noble-natured, and the wicked person is cunning and mean-natured." This is a hadith which the earlier students of al-Thawri narrated with a connected chain, but the later ones corrupted (its chain). As for al-Hajjaj bin Furafisah, the two Shaykhs did not record from him; however, I heard Abu al-Abbas Muhammad bin Ya'qub say that Abbas bin Muhammad al-Duri said that according to Yahya bin Ma'in there is no harm in al-Hajjaj bin Furafisah (that is, he is reliable), and Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Hatim says: I heard my father say that al-Hajjaj bin Furafisah is a righteous and devout elder. It has a supporting narration from Yahya bin Abi Kathir in which the chain is established.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer is simple-hearted and noble (good-hearted), and the wicked person is cunning and base."

I heard Abu Sa'id bin Abi Bakr bin Abi Uthman saying: I heard Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ishaq saying: I heard Ahmad bin Yusuf al-Sulami saying: I heard Abd al-Razzaq saying: I was in Makkah, and Waki' bin al-Jarrah spoke to me about reading 'Kitab al-Wasaya' to him and his son. I said: "When I reach Mina, I will narrate it." So when I reached Mina, I brought my book and narrated it to him. Then I went to Makkah for the visit (of the House), and Abu Usamah met me and said to me: "O Yemeni! That Ru'asi boy (Waki') has deceived you." I asked: "How did he deceive me?" He said: "You took your book to him and narrated the hadiths to him (first)." I said: "It is no wonder that he deceived me, for Bishr bin Rafi' narrated to me through Yahya bin Abi Kathir, with the chain of Abu Salamah from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The believer is simple-hearted and noble-natured, and the wicked person is cunning and mean-natured'" (that is, Waki' took advantage of this believer's simplicity). The narrator says: Then Abu Usamah took out his tablets and said: "Dictate this hadith to me." I said: "By Allah! I will not dictate it to you." So he went away. I heard Ali bin Isa narrating from al-Husayn bin Muhammad bin Ziyad, and he from Muhammad bin Yahya, that Abu al-Asbat al-Harithi is Bishr bin Rafi' himself. Imam al-Hakim says: I have mentioned Bishr bin Rafi' here only as a supporting narration (shahid), while our Shaykhs have spoken of him leniently. I have also found another supporting narration for this hadith from the hadith of Kharijah:

Imam al-Hakim says: I have mentioned Bishr bin Rafi' (who has been mentioned by the name Abu al-Asbat al-Harithi) here only as a supporting narration (shahid), although some of our teachers have been lenient in their words regarding his reliability; however, another supporting narration for this hadith is also available from the narration of Kharijah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer is simple-hearted and good-hearted, and the wicked person is deceitful and base." This is a hadith which the imams took from one another through narration, and some narrators established its chain. As for the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), they used neither al-Hajjaj bin Furafisah nor Bishr bin Rafi' as evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever unjustly kills a mu'ahad (a non-Muslim under a covenant of protection or granted refuge) will not even find the fragrance of Paradise, although its fragrance is perceived from a distance of five hundred years' travel." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two of them did not record it. We have found a supporting narration for Hammad bin Salamah in it:

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever unjustly kills a mu'ahad, Allah will forbid him from smelling the fragrance of Paradise, although its fragrance is perceived from a distance of five hundred years' travel."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever unjustly kills a mu'ahad, Allah has made Paradise forbidden for him." Imam al-Hakim says: Our Shaykh Abu Ali al-Hafiz used to pass judgment based on the hadith of Yunus bin Ubayd from al-Hakam bin al-A'raj, but what the heart is content with is that this is an independent chain and that is another independent chain, and neither of them constitutes a defect ('illah) for the other, for Hammad bin Salamah is an imam, and Sharik bin al-Khattab also corroborated him, and he is a trustworthy Shaykh from al-Ahwaz. And Allah knows best.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Alqamah bin Waqqas that there was a jester who used to go to the rulers and make them laugh with his talk. My grandfather (Alqamah) said to him: "Woe to you, O so-and-so! Why do you go to these people and make them laugh? For I heard Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), narrating that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, a servant speaks a word pleasing to Allah which he does not even imagine will reach the degree it reaches, and Allah is pleased with him because of it until the day he meets Him. And indeed, a servant speaks a word displeasing to Allah which he does not even imagine will reach as far as it does, and Allah is displeased with him because of it until the day he meets Him.'" This is a sahih (authentic) hadith. Imam Muslim used Muhammad bin Amr as evidence, and Sa'id bin Amir established its chain from him just as I mentioned above. It was likewise narrated by Sufyan al-Thawri, Isma'il bin Ja'far, Abd al-Aziz al-Darawardi, Muhammad bin Bishr al-Abdi and others. As for the hadith of al-Thawri: