English translation
2072. ‘Eisā – Ibn ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā said: “I entered upon ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Ukaim Abū Ma’bad Al-Juḥanī to visit him, while he had Humrah.[3] I said: ‘Why don’t you hang something?’ He said: ‘Death is better than that. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever hangs something, he is entrusted to it.”[4] (Da‘f) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] We only know of the Ḥadīth of ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Ukaim through the narration of [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān] Ibn Abī Lailā. [And ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Ukaim did not hear from the Prophet ﷺ. He lived during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, saying: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ wrote to us.”] (Another chain) with similar in meaning. [Abū 'Eisā said:] There is something on this topic from 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir.
