I went with a companion of mine to visit Salman Farsi. Salman said, "Were it not that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from going to undue trouble, I would have prepared something special for you."Then he brought out bread and meat. My companion said, "If only there were some thyme to go with our salt."So Salman sent his water vessel and pawned it, then brought back some thyme. When we had finished eating, my companion said, "Praise be to Allah, who has granted us enjoyment of what He has provided for us."Salman replied, "Had you been content with what Allah provided, my water vessel would not now be in pawn."
ذهبت أنا وصاحب لي إلى سلمان الفارسي، فقال سلمان: لولا أن رسول الله ﷺ نهانا عن التكلف لتكلفت لك، ثم جاء بخبز ولحم، قال صاحبي: لو كان في ملحنا صعتر، فبعث سلمان بمطهرته فرهنها، ثم جاء بصعتر، فلما أكلنا، قال صاحبي: الحمد لله الذي متعنا بما رزقنا، فقال سلمان: لو قنعت بما رزقك الله لم تكن مطهرتي مرهونة.
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Tabarani related it in al-Kabir (6/288) from Muhammad bin Abdus bin Kamil Sarraj, who said, Muhammad bin Mansur Tusi told us, Husayn bin Muhammad told us, Sulayman bin Qarm told us, from Amash, from Shaqiq bin Salama, who said, then he mentioned it. Hakim related it (4/123), and from him Bayhaqi in Shuab al-Iman (9153) and in al-Adab (91), by way of Husayn bin Muhammad, with the same wording.Its isnad is hasan, because of the discussion surrounding Sulayman bin Qarm Abu Dawud Basri Nahwi, who is regarded as daif by the majority of scholars due to his being singular in leaning toward Shiism, though Imam Ahmad held a favorable opinion of him. He is among the narrators found in the two Sahihs, and the conclusion regarding him is that his narrations are considered hasan apart from matters connected to his Shiism. Ibn Adi said, "He has hasan hadiths that are singular reports." Hakim said, "sahih in isnad." He also said, "It has a corroborating witness with a similar isnad." He said, Ali bin Abdullah told us, Abbas bin Muhammad told us, Husayn bin Muhammad told us, Husayn bin Rammas told us, Abdul-Rahman bin Masud Abdi told us, I heard Salman Farsi say, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from going to excessive trouble for a guest.Dhahabi said its chain is lin (weak/fragile). Husayn bin Rammas is mentioned by Bukhari in Tarikh al-Kabir, but he said nothing about him, and he cited this hadith from him with the wording, "We were commanded not to trouble ourselves for a guest with what we do not have, and to present whatever is available."I say, it has another isnad, which is what Ahmad related (23733), and Bazzar in Kashf Astar (2515), and Tabarani in al-Kabir (6/287-288), all of them through routes going back to Qays bin Rabi, who said, Uthman bin Sabur, a man from Banu Assad, told us, from Shaqiq or something similar to that name, Qays being uncertain, from Salman, and he mentioned something similar. There is some discussion regarding its isnad, but taken together, these isnads strengthen one another.