and al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb (2/82).

14 ‑ (1450) “… reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: ‘A good ḥadith.’”

I reply: So he said; yet the chain contains an unidentified narrator, as I pointed out in my notes on al-Kalām al-Ṭayyib (p. 27) and detailed in my refutation of Shaykh al-Ḥabashī. The narration in its original form—without mentioning date-stones or pebbles—is authentic; Muslim recorded it in his Ṣaḥīḥ from the Companion Juwairiyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

15 ‑ (1495) “… reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: ‘A good ḥadith.’”

I reply: So he said; that wording may appear in some manuscripts of al-Tirmidhī, yet in the Būlāq edition (2/261) it reads, “a singular (gharīb) ḥadith,” i.e. weak—and that description befits its chain, for it is both broken and weak. Moreover, Ibn Ḥibbān (2431, al-Mawārid) and Aḥmad (4/444) reported it through another route in the wording:

“O Allah, shield me from the evil within myself, and firmly settle me upon the most upright course.”

Its isnād is authentic by the standards of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Aḥmad (4/217) likewise related that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“O Allah, forgive me my sin—both my errors and my deliberate deeds. O Allah, I ask You to guide me to the best of affairs, and I seek refuge in You from the evil within myself,”

and its chain is sound.

16 ‑ (1498) “From Abū al-Dardāʾ … reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: ‘A good ḥadith.’”

I reply: So he said, yet the weakness is evident, for the chain includes ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rabīʿah al-Dimashqī, who is unknown, as al-Ḥāfiẓ noted.

17 ‑ (1526) “From Ibn ʿUmar … reported by al-Tirmidhī.”