The Book of Characteristics · Hadith 1177 (#Ḥadīth #2)

22-22 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثني سلمة بن الخطاب، عن أحمد بن عبدالرحمن، عن إسماعيل بن عبدالخالق، عن محمد بن طلحة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن الله عز وجل ليكرم ابن الاربعين ويستحيي من ابن الثمانين

22-22 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Salamat ibn al-Khat’tab, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abdul Rahman, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Abdul Khaliq, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Talha that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “The Honorable the Exalted God honors those who reach forty years of age and is shy before those who reach eighty years of age.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).