and it is likely that Ahmad objected to Ashʿath’s version because Hisham ibn Hassan—who is exceptionally precise in what he narrates from Ibn Sirin—related it from Ibn Sirin, from ʿAʾishah, and I have already cited that wording. It is recorded by Abu Dawud (368) and others. Ḥammad ibn Zayd said: “I heard Saʿid ibn Abi Ṣadaqah say, ‘I asked Muhammad—meaning Ibn Sirin—about it, but he would not relate it to me. He said: I heard it long ago and I do not know from whom I heard it, nor whether I heard it from a reliable transmitter; so verify it.’” Salamah ibn ʿAlqamah also transmitted it from Ibn Sirin with the wording “I was informed from ʿAʾishah,” but he did not mention “luḥufina” (our blankets). Ahmad records this version in his Musnad 6:101. All of this shows that Ashʿath was mistaken and that the report is broken in its chain; Ahmad may also have rejected it because of its actual content. (1) See al-ʿIlal wa Maʿrifat al-Rijal 3:464. (2) The phrase “fi dhalik” is absent from copy Z, and “lahu fi dhalik” is missing from copies H and MT; the wording adopted here follows the Musnad. (3) Recorded by Ahmad, Musnad 1:104 (no. 822); Abu Dawud, 1624; al-Tirmidhi, 678; Ibn Majah, 1795; and others, through Hajjaj ibn Dinar → al-Hakam → Hujayya ibn ʿAdi → ʿAli. Hajjaj’s version is contradicted: Mansur ibn Zadhan narrates it from al-Hakam, from al-Hasan ibn Muslim, as a mursal report from the Prophet. Hafs ibn Ghayath also transmits it from Hajjaj, from al-Hakam, that the Messenger of Allah