—is al-Tirmidhī’s, as given in the book. He said: “A sound and authentic hadith.” More than one transmitter narrated it from al-Sha‘bī, from al-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr.

I say: This wording comes through Mujālid ibn Sa‘īd. Al-Hāfiz said in al-Taqrīb: “He is not strong, and his memory deteriorated toward the end of his life.”

I say: In the other sources, however, it is narrated by Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zā’ida from al-Sha‘bī. In Ahmad’s narration, Zakariyyā explicitly stated that he heard it directly. Had the compiler preferred the wording of Zakariyyā, who is trustworthy, over that of Mujālid, he would have done better. The version in Muslim is more complete.

21—(The hadith: “By Allah, if Fātima daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī). p. 36

Authentic. It was narrated by al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasā’ī, al-Tirmidhī, al-Dārimī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn al-Jārūd in al-Muntaqā, al-Bayhaqī, and Ahmad, from the hadith of ‘Ā’isha, may Allah be pleased with her. It is an excerpt from her hadith concerning the Makhzūmī woman who stole. I have quoted its wording and documented its sources in Irwā’ al-Ghalīl, no. (2316). May Allah facilitate its publication.

22—The hadith: (The Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, was asked about seawater. He said: “Its water is purifying, and animals that die in it are lawful.” Narrated by Ahmad and the compilers of the Sunan collections). p. 49

Authentic. Its sources are documented in al-Irwā’ under no. (9).

23—(In the two Sahīh collections, it is reported from Jābir, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, dispatched a detachment of his Companions. They found an enormous fish from which the sea had receded—that is, it was dead—and ate from it for twenty-some days. They then came to Medina and informed