on foot to Friday and congregational prayers, and performing ablution thoroughly despite hardship. Whoever does this will live in goodness and die in goodness, and will be as free of sin as on the day his mother bore him.’”

Abū ʿĪsā said: “This is a sound hadith, singular through this chain of transmission.” He said: “On this subject there are also reports from Muʿādh ibn Jabal and ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn ʿĀʾish, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). This hadith has also been narrated in full from Muʿādh ibn Jabal, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: ‘I grew drowsy and fell into a deep sleep, then saw my Lord in the most beautiful form. He said, “What is the Highest Assembly disputing about?”’”

Then he said: “Muhammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; Muʿādh ibn Hāniʾ al-Yashkurī narrated to us; Jahdam ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us