(1) 8/38. (2) The isnad is weak because of the unreliability of Salih ibn Abi al-Akhdar, yet the wording is sound. Al-Bukhari, Sahih, 10/252 (Book of Dress, chapter “Silk for women”) reports it through Abu al-Yaman – Shuayb – al-Zuhri, who said that Anas ibn Malik saw Umm Kulthum, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, wearing a striped silk cloak. The hadith is also found in Abu Dawud (2058), al-Nasa’i 8/197, Ibn Majah (3598), Ibn Saʿd 8/38, and al-Hakim 4/49, all through al-Zuhri from Anas. The phrase hulla siraʾ (pronounced with a short i after the initial s and an open a on the following letter) designates a type of mantle with longitudinal stripes that include silk threads; it is a construct form like hulla sundus (brocade suit), hulla harir (silk suit), and hulla khazz (fine-wool suit). (3) Reported by Ibn Saʿd 8/38 with the weak narrator al-Waqidi. It is also related by al-Bukhari 3/126, 127, 167; al-Hakim 4/47; and Ahmad 3/126, 228, through the chain Fulayh ibn Sulayman – Hilal ibn ʿAli – Anas ibn Malik: “We attended the burial of one of the Prophet’s daughters while the Messenger of Allah was seated at the grave. I saw his eyes fill with tears. He asked, ‘Is there anyone among you who did not engage in marital relations last night?’ Abu Talha replied, ‘I did not.’ The Prophet said, ‘Then go down into the grave,’ and Abu Talha descended.” Al-Hakim 4/47 also transmits it via Hammad ibn Salama – Thabit – Anas, naming her Ruqayya, but—as Ibn Hajar explains—the correct identification is Umm Kulthum; Hammad erred only in the name. The expression lam yuqarif means “he did not have intercourse with his wife that night.”