The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 2231 (#Passage #590)

هُمْ وَاللهِ رَبَّوُا الْإِسْلَامَ كَمَا يُرَبَّى الْفَلُوُّخ مَعَ غَنَائِهِمْ بَأَيْدِيهِمُ السِّبَاطِ وَأَلْسِنَتِهِمُ السِّلاَطِ.

By Allāh, they nurtured Islam with their generous hands and eloquent tongues as a year old calf is nurtured.

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