peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: "Will you be truthful to me about something if I ask you about it?" They said: "Yes, O Abu al-Qasim." He said: "Did you put poison in this sheep?" They said: "Yes." He said: "What incited you to do that?" They said: "We intended, if you were a liar, that we might be relieved of you, and if you were a Prophet, it would not harm you."

Authentic. Narrated by Al-Bukhari (4/121, 7/180), Al-Fath (10/425), Ahmad (2/451), Ibn Sa'd in "Al-Tabaqat" (2/1/84), Sharh al-Sunnah (14/23), Al-Nubuwwah (4/256), Al-Manthur (1/85, 6/39), and Ibn Kathir (1/170).

822: You disbelieved in it: 4: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/119).

823: Polytheism (Shirk): 5: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/119).

158: 824: Major sins: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/119).

827: Mansur: 2: I say: We shall mention here the hadith which Imam Ahmad narrated, as he said: Sulayman ibn Dawud told us, 'Amr ibn Qatadah told us, from 'Abd Rabbih, from Abu 'Iyad, on the authority of 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud—may Allah be pleased with him—that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "Beware of the trivial sins, for they accumulate upon a man until they destroy him."

Authentic. Narrated by Ahmad (5/331), Anas ibn 'Iyad narrated to us: Abu Hazim narrated to me—I only know it from Sahl ibn Sa'd—who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said. Through this chain, it was also extracted by Al-Ruyani in his "Musnad" (29/197-198) and Al-Bayhaqi in