a loose tongue that hurls obscenities and calumny. As for badhādhah, it is to wear thread-bare garments—both in one’s clothing and bedding—as an act of humility, turning away from fine and costly apparel and furnishings. This is the dress of the ascetics. People say, “So-and-so is badh al-hayʾah,” meaning his clothes are shabby. ⦗1⦘

Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar said: “I heard al-Būshanji say to the mustamli, ‘Hold fast to my exact wording, and you will be beyond reproach.’ ⦗2⦘”

Al-Ḥākim relates: “I heard al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā say, ‘I heard Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Būshanji explain the Prophet’s ﷺ words, “If the Qur’an were enclosed in a leather casing, the Fire would not touch it.” ⦗3⦘ He said, ‘Its meaning is that whoever carries the Qur’an and recites it, the Fire shall not touch him.’”

Al-Ḥākim further said: “I heard Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī; I heard al-Būshanji on more than one occasion say, ‘Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Bukayr narrated to us’—even pronouncing his name fills the mouth.”

He also said: “I heard Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar; I heard al-Būshanji, time and again, say: ‘ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad al-Andarāwardī.’”

He then said: “Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī narrated to us; al-Būshanji narrated to us; al-Nufaylī narrated to us; ʿIkrimah ibn Ibrāhīm al-Azdī, the judge of Rayy, narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn …”