For in the first report he combines two points: describing the Messenger of Allah’s prayer—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—as light, and affirming that he would recite Sūrat Qāf in the dawn prayer (1).
It is likewise established in the authentic collections from Umm Salamah (2) that she said: “I heard the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—reciting Sūrat al-Ṭūr in the Fajr prayer during the Farewell Pilgrimage, while she was walking among the people and could clearly hear his recitation” (3). He lived only a short time after the Farewell Pilgrimage, and Sūrat al-Ṭūr is roughly the same length (4) as Sūrat Qāf.
It is also confirmed in the authentic collections from Ibn ʿAbbās—may Allah be pleased with them both (5)—that he said: “Indeed, Umm al-Faḍl (6)…"
(1) From this point until the words “and because the rest of the Companions,” p. 318, l. 3, MS Aṭ is missing about one full folio that is present in the other two manuscripts.
(2) The venerable Companion and Mother of the Believers Umm Salamah—Hind bint Abi Umayyah ibn al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr al-Makhzumi al-Qurashi—was married to the Prophet after her first husband died in 4 AH. She accepted Islam early in Mecca, migrated to Abyssinia, endured severe trials for her faith, and was renowned for her patience, wisdom and beauty. She died in 62 AH. See: al-Isabah 4/458, no. 1308.
(3) See Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Hajj, chapter “Women circumambulating with men,” hadith 1619 (Fath al-Bari 3/480) together with hadith 1626 (3/486); the second specifies that the prayer was the dawn prayer, while the first reports that the Prophet recited Surah at-Tur. See also al-Nasa i, Book of the Rites of Hajj, chapter “Men circumambulating with women,” 6/223–24.
(4) The printed edition reads: “nahwan min” (approximately).
(5) The phrase “may Allah be pleased with them both” is omitted in MSS J and D.
(6) Lubabah bint al-Harith ibn Hazn ibn Bujayr ibn al-Haram al-Hilaliyyah—better known as Umm al-Fadl, the wife of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib—is the elder Lubabah and the mother of Abd Allah, al-Fadl and others. She embraced Islam before the Hijrah and died during the caliphate of Uthman—may Allah be pleased with them both. See: al-Isabah 4/398, no. 942. Sahih Muslim (1/338) likewise refers to her as Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith.