Notes

Chapter 1: The Prayer

1 Trm: ḥasan.

2 B.

3 Ṭbr/Ḥsn b. Sa’īd: ḍa’īf.

4 B/M.

5 AD/Nas/IM et al.

6 M.

7 M.

8 Mālik: mursal.

9 Ṭbr – different wording.

10 Bhq et al: ḍa’īf.

11 B/M.

12 Aḥmad.

13 AD.

14 Ṭbr – latter part only.

15 Baz – doubtful isnād.

16 Aḥ/Bhq.

17 Ḥkm.

18 Untraced.

19 Bhq – uncertain isnād.

20 Mbrk – mursal.

21 Ḥrth: spurious acc. ‘Ir.

22 Aḥ–ṣaḥīḥ.

23 Ibn ‘Adī.

24 Ṭbr/Bhq – ḍa’īf.

25 B/M.

26 B/M.

27 M.

28 Not traced beyond Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyab.

29 Trm.

30 Mbrk – mursal.

31 IM/M.

32 M.

33 M.

34 M/IM/Aḥ.

35 B/M – slightly different version.

36 Trm/Nas.

37 AD/Trm: ḥasan-ṣaḥīḥ.

38 IM/Ḥkm/Bhq.

39 Ṭbr – ṣaḥīḥ (slight variant.)

40 Azdī – mursal.

41 Untraced in this wording.

42 Trm – ḍa’īf.

43 IM – ṣaḥīḥ; also B/M – without comparison to grouse’s nest.

44 Ṭbr – ḍa’īf.

45 B/M.

46 Drq – ḍa’īf.

47 B/M.

48 IḤib/Ḥkm.

49 Abū Na’īm – ḍa’īf. Variant with sound isnād goes back to the Companions.

50 IM/Ḥkm – ṣaḥīḥ.

51 Emphatic particle innamā, followed by the definite article al-.

52 Nas.

53 Ad/Nas.

54 B/M.

55 ‘Welfare due’: see p. 53.

56 Ad/Nas.

57 AD (from ‘Uthmān ibn Ṭalḥa, not Uthmān ibn Abī Shayba).

58 B/M.

59 Mbrk.

60 Abū ‘Abdullāh ibn Ḥaqīq.

61 Nas.

62 Mālik.

63 Untraced.

64 Ah – ṣaḥīḥ.

65 Untraced.

66 Nas – ṣaḥīḥ (abridged version).

Chapter 2: Almsgiving

1 AD/Trm/Ḥkm from Ibn ‘Umar (except last sentence).

2 E.g. al-Nakha’ī, al-Sha’bī, ‘Aṭā’ and Mujāhid.

3 al-Manāwī.

4 B/M.

5 Aḥmad et al.

6 Abū Nu’aym: da’īf.

7 al-Khaṭīb: ḍa’īf.

8 B/M.

9 Trm: ḥasan.

10 Untraced in this formulation.

11 Ibn ‘Adī and Ibn Ḥibbān: ḍa’īf.

12 Untraced.

13 Bhq: ḍa’īf.

14 B/M.

15 Not marfū’.

16 Untraced.

17 Ibn ‘Adī and Bazzār.

18 Nas/IḤib: ṣaḥīḥ.

19 AD/Trm.

20 Ibn al-Mubārak.

21 Idem.

22 Elements of this Tradition have been traced through al-Baihaqī and Ibn Ḥibbān.

23 Aḥmad/Ṭbr: ḍa’īf.

24 Many slight variants: AD/B/M et al.

25 AD reports a Tradition of similar import.

Chapter 3: Fasting

1 Ḥkm: ṣaḥīḥ.

2 Azdī (from Jābān, not Jābir): ḍa’īf.

3 As reported by Bishr ibn Ḥārith.

4 B/M.

5 Aḥmad: majhūl.

6 Ṭbr: ḍa’īf.

7 Nas/IM.

8 Kharā’iṭi: ḥasan.

9 AD.

10 See p. 76.

Chapter 4: The Pilgrimage

1 Trm: gharīb.

2 al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

3 Mālik: mursal.

4 Unknown to al-’Irāqī.

5 Baihaqī/Dāraquṭnī: ḍa’īf.

6 B/M.

7 Ibn Māja.

8 Khaṭīb.

9 Bhq: ḥasan.

10 Ḥākim: ṣaḥīḥ.

11 Trm: ḥasan.

12 B/M.

13 Hkm: ṣaḥīḥ.

14 Unidentified.

15 Trm/Nasā’ī: ṣaḥīḥ.

16 B/M.

17 Ḥkm: ṣaḥīḥ.

18 B/M.

19 Trm: ḥasan.

20 Azraqī: mawqūf.

21 Bazzār et al.: ṣaḥīḥ.

22 Unidentified.

23 Trm et al.: ṣaḥīḥ.

24 B/M.

25 Untraced in this wording; authenticated variants in Ibn Māja.

26 Abū Hurayra, Ibn ‘Umar, Abū Sa’īd.

27 Trm: ḥasan-ṣaḥīḥ.

28 B/M.

29 Aḥmad/al-Ṭabarānī.

30 Khaṭīb/Ṣābūnī (with slight variations).

31 Bhq: ḍa’īf.

32 Ibn ‘Adī from Mu’ādh.

33 Aḥmad: layyin/Ḥkm (shorter version): ṣaḥīḥ.

34 Trm/IM.

35 Ḥkm.

36 M/Nas.

37 Baghawī/Ṭbr.

38 Also Aḥmad (variant).

39 Trm/IM: gharīb.

40 Ḥkm/Aḥmad.

41 Abū Dā’ūd.

42 Aḥ/Ḥkm.

43 Ṭbr.

44 AD.

45 Trm/IM et al.

46 Trm.

47 IM/Bhq.

48 Untraced.

49 Many variant wordings: AD/Bhq/ Trm/Nas/IM et al.

50 Bhq.

51 Baz/Drq.

52 AD: ṣaḥīḥ.

53 ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar.

54 Possibly referring to a weak Tradition from Fāṭima, may God be pleased with her.

55 B/M with very slightly different wording.

56 Nas et al.

57 M.

Chapter 5: The Night Vigil

1 B/M.

2 B/M.

3 Ṭbr/Baz.

4 Ibn Abī Iyās et al.: mursal.

5 Saḥīḥ.

6 B/M.

7 al-’Irāqī does not consider this Tradition authentic.

8 Ṭbr/Bhq: ḥasan.

9 Nas/IM: ṣaḥīḥ.

10 Ibn Abīl Dunyā: mursal.

11 Untraced.

12 B/M (without mention of Gabriel, on him be peace).

13 IḤib.

14 AD/IM.

15 AD/IM.

16 Ad/Nas: ṣaḥīḥ.

17 M.

18 M.

Chapter 6: Invoking Blessings upon God’s Messenger

1 Nas et al.

2 IM/Ṭbr.

3 Trm.

4 Trm et al.

5 5 AD et al.

6 ‘Amr ibn Dīnār.

7 (Variant.)

8 Ṭbr: ḍa’īf.

9 Nas et al.

10 AD.

11 B/M.

12 B/M.

13 B/M (part).

14 AD: munqaṭi’.

15 B/M.

16 Bhq.

17 al-Tayālisī.

18 B/M.

19 Aḥmad.

20 M.

Chapter 7: The Merit of Seeking Forgiveness

1 Ḥkm.

2 AD/Nas.

3 B.

4 M.

5 Trm.

6 AD/Trm.

7 B/M.

8 Aḥmad.

9 Aḥmad.

10 B/M.

11 Trm: gharīb.

12 Untraced.

13 Ṭbr.

14 Trm: ḥasan.

15 Bhq.

16 B/Nas (many slight variations transmitted).