What is the authenticity of the hadith: "لا تسبخي عنه" (Do not curse him/it), and is it authentically established or not?
The hadith narrated by Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about her supplication against a thief who stole from her, and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying to her: "Do not lighten his burden," (meaning, do not relieve him), has been narrated through several chains of transmission (isnad). The first chain is from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Ata, from Aisha. Habib is a mudallis (one who practices tadlis, i.e., ambiguous narration), and some scholars have weakened his narration from Ata. The second chain is from Ibrahim ibn Muhajir, from Ibrahim, from Aisha. Ibrahim ibn Muhajir is weak, and it has not been established that Ibrahim al-Nakha'i heard directly from Aisha. The third chain is from Ismail ibn Salim, from Mujahid, from Aisha. This narration is uniquely transmitted by Hisham ibn Ubaydullah al-Razi and Ali ibn Sa'id al-Razi, and the unique transmission from either of them is not acceptable due to an illusion in their narration. Based on this, no authentic chain of transmission is known for this hadith.
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