(1) The al-Risālah edition adds a third “Allāhumma aghithnā” (O Allah, grant us relief) after this, taken from al-Sahīh without indicating the addition. The same applies to “Allāhumma isqinā” (O Allah, send us rain) below. (2) Reported by al-Bukhārī (1014) and Muslim (897), from Anas ibn Mālik. (3) Reported by al-Bukhārī (1013, 1021), from Anas. (4) Sād and Jīm read “mutadhallilan” (humbly). (5) All manuscripts and early editions read “mutawassilan” (seeking a means of approach). The reading has been corrected on the basis of the sources recording the hadith; it was also corrected in the al-Risālah edition. Tarassala fī al-mashy means to walk without hurrying. (6) The description of his manner when setting out, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is reported by Abū Dāwūd (1165), al-Tirmidhī (558, 559), al-Nasā’ī in al-Mujtabā (1506, 1508, 1521) and al-Kubrā (1820, 1821, 1824, 1839), Ibn Mājah (1266), and others, through Hishām ibn Ishāq, from his father, from Ibn ‘Abbās. Abū Hātim described Hishām ibn Ishāq as “a shaykh.” Ibn Hibbān included him in al-Thiqāt, and several trustworthy narrators transmitted from him. The hadith was graded authentic by al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Khuzaymah (1405, 1408, 1419), Ibn Hibbān (2862), and al-Hākim (1/326), and graded hasan (sound) by al-Albānī in al-Irwā’ (665).