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).