I say: The other hadith already mentioned, which contains this additional wording, lends it further support. It is the narration of Salmān recorded by Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr with a sound chain, mawqūf to him. The ḥāfiẓ comments, “Its practical ruling, however, is that of a marfūʿ report.”

I also note that al-Bayhaqī transmits it through the route of Qatādah, reporting that Salmān said, “The upright, truthful merchant will be together with the seven beneath the Throne of Allah, Exalted is He, on the Day of Resurrection,” after which he mentioned the seven detailed in the prophetic version.

Al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr contains the ḥadith, “Seven will be in the shade of the Throne on the day when there is no shade except His…,” in which appears the clause, “and a man whose heart is attached to the mosques because of his deep love for them….” Ibn Zanjūyah relates it from al-Ḥasan as a mursal report, and Ibn ʿAsākir from Abū Hurayrah.

In short, the additional phrases we have placed within the core text of the ḥadith are confirmed when all its chains are taken together. They illuminate its meaning—or something close to it—and remove the apparent discrepancies that might surround it, as you will see by consulting the commentaries.

What concerns us here is the Prophet’s, peace and blessings be upon him, statement: “A man whose heart is attached to the mosque: when he leaves it, he longs to return to it.” Al-Manāwī explains, “This is a metaphor for his continual coming and going to it at every prayer time, so that he performs no prayer except…"