‘Aṭṭāṭ ar-riḥl: the creaking sound produced by the weight of its burdens; a figurative expression intended to affirm the greatness of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted (Lisan al-‘Arab 7/256, s.v. “aṭṭaṭ”). (1) The hadith, with variations in wording, is reported by Abu Dawud in his Sunan, Book of the Sunna, chapter on Refuting the Jahmiyya, vol. 5:94–95, hadith no. 4726; by al-Darimi in his Sunan, Kitāb al-Raqāʾiq (Book of Tender Feelings), chapter on the Hour and the descent of the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, vol. 2:233, hadith no. 2803; and by al-Ājuri in al-Shari‘a, p. 293. Its isnad is weak, containing Muḥammad ibn Isḥaq, who practiced tadlīs (Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb 9/38). Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī, when classifying this hadith in his Sharḥ al-Ṭahāwiyya (pp. 310, 317; al-Maktab al-Islāmī), states: “It is weak in its chain, and there is no authentic report on aṭṭāṭ al-‘arsh.” He further comments on this narration in Ibn Abī ‘Āṣim’s Sunan 1:252, hadith no. 575: “Its chain is weak: its narrators are reliable, but Ibn Isḥaq committed tadlīs. Such a report is not acceptable unless the narrator explicitly states that he heard it directly, which he did not do in any version I reviewed.” (2) In the original text: “fa-lā shay’” (“nothing”), as confirmed in the Ṣan‘ā and Ṭabarī editions, and in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim. (3) In the original text: “fa-lā shay’” (“nothing”), as confirmed in the Ṣan‘ā and Ṭabarī editions, and in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim. (4) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 4:2084, Book of Remembrance and Supplication, chapter “What one says upon going to sleep and taking one’s bed,” hadith no. 2713. It is narrated from Abū Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, peace be upon him, would say when he retired to his bed: “O Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything over which You have taken control. O Allah…” Compare Sunan al-Tirmidhi 5:518, Book of Supplications, chapter 68, hadith no. 3481.