What is the authenticity of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) narration to his companions: "Is any of you unable to be like Abu Dhamdham?" who is described as a man whom Allah boasts about to the angels, and who, when he leaves his house, says: "O Allah, I have bestowed my honor upon every Muslim, so whoever curses me, harms me, or wrongs me, I have forgiven him in this world and will not demand my right from him in the Hereafter," and who narrated and transmitted it if it is authentic?
The Hadith of Abu Damdam was narrated by Abu Dawud as Mursal (with a missing link in the chain of narration), and by Ibn al-Sunni, Al-Bazzar, and Al-Uqayli in "Al-Du'afa" (The Weak Narrators) from Anas. It was deemed weak by Al-Hafiz Al-Iraqi and Al-Albani. Abu Abdullah Al-Maqdisi said that its Mursal narration is more authentic, and in its chain of narration is Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Tamimi, who is not proficient in Hadith.
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