Chapter: "Chapter on Giving to the Poet When One Fears His Evil"
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The Shaykh : So we move on to the hadith numbered 344. This hadith is narrated by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) with his authentic chain of narration.
From Muhammad, he said: "From Muhammad, he said: They used to say: Do not honor your friend with what is burdensome for him".
Here we find that the chain of narration ends with a man named Muhammad who said: "They used to say..." This Muhammad is not our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but rather Muhammad ibn Sirin. We identify him by looking at the one who narrated from him; it was narrated through the route of Ibn 'Unayn from Muhammad, and the Muhammad here is Ibn Sirin. Muhammad ibn Sirin is a man among the distinguished of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) and among the narrators from a group of the Companions, and indeed he is one of those who narrited extensively from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) in particular. He is the one to whom a book on the interpretation of dreams is attributed: *Ta'tir al-Anam bi-Tafsir al-Manam* (The Perfuming of the People with the Interpretation of Dreams). However, the attribution of this book to him is not correct. The truth is that he is famous for being inspired in the interpretation of dreams, and he would mention a great deal about this, and the scholars of hadith have narrated from him with reliable reports. As for this book attributed to him and printed under the title *Ta'tir al-Anam*, its attribution to him is not correct. What concerns us here is to know that the Muhammad here is Ibn Sirin first, and that he is among the distinguished of the Tabi'un in knowledge, trustworthiness, and virtue.
From Muhammad, he said: "From Muhammad, he said: They used to say: Do not honor your friend with what is burdensome for him".
Here we find that the chain of narration ends with a man named Muhammad who said: "They used to say..." This Muhammad is not our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but rather Muhammad ibn Sirin. We identify him by looking at the one who narrated from him; it was narrated through the route of Ibn 'Unayn from Muhammad, and the Muhammad here is Ibn Sirin. Muhammad ibn Sirin is a man among the distinguished of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) and among the narrators from a group of the Companions, and indeed he is one of those who narrited extensively from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) in particular. He is the one to whom a book on the interpretation of dreams is attributed: *Ta'tir al-Anam bi-Tafsir al-Manam* (The Perfuming of the People with the Interpretation of Dreams). However, the attribution of this book to him is not correct. The truth is that he is famous for being inspired in the interpretation of dreams, and he would mention a great deal about this, and the scholars of hadith have narrated from him with reliable reports. As for this book attributed to him and printed under the title *Ta'tir al-Anam*, its attribution to him is not correct. What concerns us here is to know that the Muhammad here is Ibn Sirin first, and that he is among the distinguished of the Tabi'un in knowledge, trustworthiness, and virtue.