Notes
Chapter 1: The Prayer
3 Ṭbr/Ḥsn b. Sa’īd: ḍa’īf.
9 Ṭbr – different wording.
14 Ṭbr – latter part only.
19 Bhq – uncertain isnād.
21 Ḥrth: spurious acc. ‘Ir.
28 Not traced beyond Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyab.
35 B/M – slightly different version.
39 Ṭbr – ṣaḥīḥ (slight variant.)
41 Untraced in this wording.
43 IM – ṣaḥīḥ; also B/M – without comparison to grouse’s nest.
49 Abū Na’īm – ḍa’īf. Variant with sound isnād goes back to the Companions.
51 Emphatic particle
innamā, followed by the definite article
al-.
55 ‘Welfare due’: see p. 53.
57 AD (from ‘Uthmān ibn Ṭalḥa, not Uthmān ibn Abī Shayba).
60 Abū ‘Abdullāh ibn Ḥaqīq.
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.
10 Untraced in this formulation.
11 Ibn ‘Adī and Ibn Ḥibbān: ḍa’īf.
22 Elements of this Tradition have been traced through al-Baihaqī and Ibn Ḥibbān.
24 Many slight variants: AD/B/M et al.
25 AD reports a Tradition of similar import.
Chapter 3: Fasting
2 Azdī (from Jābān, not Jābir): ḍa’īf.
3 As reported by Bishr ibn Ḥārith.
Chapter 4: The Pilgrimage
5 Baihaqī/Dāraquṭnī: ḍa’īf.
25 Untraced in this wording; authenticated variants in Ibn Māja.
26 Abū Hurayra, Ibn ‘Umar, Abū Sa’īd.
30 Khaṭīb/Ṣābūnī (with slight variations).
33 Aḥmad: layyin/Ḥkm (shorter version): ṣaḥīḥ.
49 Many variant wordings: AD/Bhq/ Trm/Nas/IM et al.
54 Possibly referring to a weak Tradition from Fāṭima, may God be pleased with her.
55 B/M with very slightly different wording.
Chapter 5: The Night Vigil
4 Ibn Abī Iyās et al.: mursal.
7 al-’Irāqī does not consider this Tradition authentic.
10 Ibn Abīl Dunyā: mursal.
12 B/M (without mention of Gabriel, on him be peace).
Chapter 6: Invoking Blessings upon God’s Messenger
Chapter 7: The Merit of Seeking Forgiveness
16 B/Nas (many slight variations transmitted).