in his verification of al-Adhkar, entitled Natāʾij al-Afkār, regarding the last two ḥadiths cited there. Concerning the first of them he said:

“The Shaykh’s statement ‘with authentic chains’ gives the misleading impression that the narration possesses several routes from Ibn ʿUmar, whereas that is not so.”

About the other ḥadith he remarked:

“As for the Shaykh’s wording ‘with chains,’ this is open to objection, for neither Abū Dāwūd nor Ibn Mājah record it except through the single chain of Ḥammād, right to its end.”

If it be asked, “Given what you have stated, what exactly does al-Nawawī intend by this technical expression?”

I reply: What appears to me is that he means the ḥadith is relatively well-known (mashhūr) because it comes by several routes from one of its transmitters—in the foregoing example, Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir.

This, in my estimation, is the answer to the question. I have found no one who has addressed it, even though al-Ḥāfiẓ, in his Natāʾij al-Afkār, criticised the author—may Allah have mercy on him—in a number of places in al-Adhkar where the same wording occurs, as mentioned earlier.

3 – Miscellaneous Benefits (1)

1 – Ḥadith (8): “From Abū Hurayrah … Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies or at your appearances; rather, He looks at your hearts.” Narrated by Muslim.

I say: Muslim and others add in another wording, “and at your deeds.” It is also traced in Ghāyat al-Marām fī Takhrīj al-Ḥalāl wa-l-Ḥarām (410). This additional phrase is extremely important, because