and every complexion, in this reckoning, lies somewhere between black and the whiteness that, in their idiom, is called redness.

Ahmad records in his Musnad (1): ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād narrated to us, from Hishām, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say to her, “I can tell when you are angry and when you are pleased.” She asked, “How can you tell?” He replied, “When you are angry you say, ‘O Muhammad,’ whereas when you are pleased you say, ‘O Messenger of Allah.’ ” This is a singular report.

The wording that is reliably preserved is the version transmitted by the two Ṣaḥīḥs, from Abū Usāmah, on the authority of Hishām: “I certainly know when you are pleased with me and when you are angry with me.” She said, “How is that, O Messenger of Allah?” He answered, “When you are pleased with me you say, ‘No, by the Lord of Muhammad,’ and when you are angry with me you say, ‘No, by the Lord of Abraham.’ ” She replied, “Indeed, by Allah, I omit nothing but your name.” (2)

A corroborating chain comes through ʿAlī ibn Mushir, and al-Nasāʾī likewise recorded the report through ʿAlī. (3)

Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, related that she once borrowed a necklace while travelling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it slipped from her at a place called al-Ṣulṣul. The matter was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so they searched for it until they found it, and the time for prayer arrived, yet