Sulaymān ibn Abī Dāwūd, from Hishām ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, who said: Umm Salamah told me: ‘The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—sent me ahead with those of his family whom he sent ahead on the night at Muzdalifah.’ She said: ‘I cast the pebbles during the night, proceeded to Mecca and prayed the dawn prayer there, then returned to Minā.’”

I say: This Sulaymān ibn Abī Dāwūd is al-Dimashqī al-Khawlānī (1), also known as Ibn Dāwūd. Abū Zur‘ah reported that Ahmad said: “He is a man from al-Jazīrah who is of no account.” ‘Uthmān ibn Sa‘īd said: “He is weak” (2).

I say: The invalidity of this report is demonstrated by the established narration in the two Sahīh collections (3), from al-Qāsim, from ‘Ā’ishah, who said (4):

“Sawdah asked the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—for permission, on the night at Muzdalifah, to depart before him and before the crush of the crowd. She was a heavy, slow-moving woman (5).” She continued: “He gave her permission, so she left before his departure (6). He kept us there until morning, and we departed when he did. I would rather have asked the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—for permission, as Sawdah did, than have anything that brings joy.”

This authentic hadith makes clear that his wives, apart from Sawdah, departed only with him.

If it is asked: “What, then, do you make of the hadith of ‘Ā’ishah narrated by al-Dāraqutnī (7) and others