in al-Ba'th, as a mursal report from al-Hasan. Al-Bayhaqī also narrated a similar report from Aisha in al-Shu'ab. Likewise, al-Tabarānī narrated it from her in al-Awsat, as cited in al-Durr al-Manthūr (6/158). Al-Baghawī narrated it in his Tafsīr (8/192) through al-Tirmidhī, who in turn narrated it from Abd ibn Humayd. Its chain includes al-Mubārak ibn Fadālah, who was truthful but practiced tadlīs, and he narrated it using the ambiguous formula “from.”
376 — (The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Woe to the man who tells a story and lies in order to make people laugh! Woe to him! Woe to him!” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī.) p. 284.
Good. It was narrated by al-Tirmidhī (2/51), as well as Abū Dāwūd (4990) and Ahmad (5/2–3, 5), through Bahz ibn Hakīm, who said: My father narrated to me from my grandfather, who said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say—and he then cited the hadith. Al-Tirmidhī said: “A good hadith.” It also has a corroborating report from Atiyyah, from Abū Saīd al-Khudrī, who traced a similar narration back to the Prophet. Ahmad narrated it (3/38), but Atiyyah is weak.
377 — (Aisha said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raced me, and I beat him. Some time passed, and after I had put on weight (that is, I had grown stout), he raced me and beat me. He then said, ‘This makes us even for that one,’ referring to the first race.” Narrated by Ahmad and Abū Dāwūd.) p. 284.
Authentic. Its full references are given in Ādāb al-Zafāf (p. 172) and al-Irwā’ ( ).
378 — The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrestled a man renowned for his strength named Rukānah, and the Prophet defeated him more than once. According to one narration, the Prophet wrestled him, and he was a powerful man. He said, “One sheep against one sheep.”(1) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) defeated him, so the man said, “Face me again for another.” The Prophet defeated him, and he said, “Face me again.” The Prophet defeated him a third time, whereupon the man said, “What am I to say…”